froc
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French frocq (“cloth made of coarse wool”), from Old French froc (compare Late Latin hroccus (“frock”)), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
froc m (plural frocs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Noun edit
froc m (plural frocs)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin hroccus, from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).
Noun edit
froc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fros, nominative singular fros, nominative plural froc)
- frock (monk's garment)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (froc, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
froc
- Soft mutation of broc.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
broc | froc | mroc | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |