rocin
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rocin m (plural rocins)
- (Badiot) earring
Alternative forms edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin runcinus, possibly of Germanic origin, from Middle High German ross, from Old High German hros, ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross. More at modern Portuguese rocim.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rocin m
- nag (useless horse)
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 1537: Joam Bol'anda mal debaratado (facsimile)
- Leuoulho roçin e leixoulha mua
- He stole his nag, leaving him his mule.
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 1537: Joam Bol'anda mal debaratado (facsimile)
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: rocim
References edit
- “rocin” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “rocin” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913