Noun: rusc
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | rusc |
| Plural m | ruscs; ruscos |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like rusc
baixest,
contrast,
segrest,
desgast,
burlesc,
disgust,
mol·lusc,
compost,
congost,
context,
asterisc,
obelisc,
hipertext,
armatost,
esquist,
abast,
agost,
ajust,
fresc,
llast, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-
4. Proto-Celtic *rukskos
5. Proto-Celtic *rūskos
6. Gaulish rūscabor.
7. Early Medieval Latin rusca
8. Catalan rusc
9. Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).
10. Compare regional Italian rusco. See: Italian Nouns '
rusco'.
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