falco

See also: Falco and falcó

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin falcō, probably of Germanic origin.

NounEdit

falco m (plural falchi)

1. hawk, falcon

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• falco coda rossa (“red-tailed hawk”)
• falco della regina
• falco di palude

• falcone
• falconeria
• falco pecchiaiolo (“honey buzzard”)

• falco pellegrino
• falco pescatore (“osprey”)

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Late Latin, of uncertain and disputed origin, but probably from Germanic given the early attestation and widespread use of the word in Germanic. Perhaps from Old High German falco, falcho, falucho (“falcon”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon", literally, "grey bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol-, *pel- (“grey, bluish”). Cognate with Old Saxon falko (“falcon”), Old English fealca, fealcen (“falcon”), Old Norse fálki (“falcon”), Old High German falo (“pale”), Latin pullus (“dusky coloured, blackish”). More at fallow.

Alternate etymology connects Late Latin falco to Latin falx (“sickle, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”), but this derivation is usually regarded as folk-etymology due to the bird's curved beak and talons.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.koː/, [ˈfaɫ.koː]

NounEdit

falcō m (genitive falcōnis); third declension

1. falcon

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	falcō	falcōnēs
genitive	falcōnis	falcōnum
dative	falcōnī	falcōnibus
accusative	falcōnem	falcōnēs
ablative	falcōne	falcōnibus
vocative	falcō	falcōnēs

Related termsEdit

• flectō

DescendantsEdit

• Old French: faucon, faucoun, facun, faukun, falcon, falcoun
  • Middle French: faulcon, faucon, falcon
    • French: faucon
  • → Middle English: faucoun, falcon, faucon, faukon
    • English: falcon
  • → Irish: fabhcún
• Iberian:
  • Asturian: falcón
  • Old Portuguese: falcon, falcõ
    • Galician: falcón
    • Portuguese: falcão
  • Spanish: halcón, falcón
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: falco, falcone
  • Sicilian: farcu, farcuni
    • → Maltese: falkun
• Old Occitan: falcon
  • Catalan: falcó
  • Occitan: falcon
• Rhaetian:
  • Friulian: falcuç
  • Romansch: falcun

ReferencesEdit

• falco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• falco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• falco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

See alsoEdit

• falx

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Old High GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• falko, falcho, falc

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *falkô. See Latin falco.

NounEdit

falco m

1. falcon

DescendantsEdit

• Middle High German: valke
  • German: Falke, Falk
  • Luxembourgish: Fallek