paranco
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, but probably from the older variant palanco or from palanca, from Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin paranchus, palanchus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranco m (plural paranchi)
Descendants edit
- → French: palan
- Vietnamese: pa lăng
- → Ottoman Turkish: پلانقه (palanka, “block-and-tackle”)
- Turkish: palanga