flanco
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible", "to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle High German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: flan‧co
Noun edit
flanco m (plural flancos)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably specifically from Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible; slender”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”).
Akin to Old High German hlanca (“hip, flank, loin”), Middle High German hip, flank, loin, German Gelenk (“joint”), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flanco m (plural flancos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “flanco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014