rocca

See also: Rocca

Italian

Etymology 1

From early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔk.ka/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔkka
  • Syllabification: ròc‧ca

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. fortress, stronghold
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrok.ka/[1]
  • Rhymes: -okka
  • Syllabification: róc‧ca

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)

References
  1. rocca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Of unknown origin; likely a loanword from a non-Indo-European substrate language. First attested in a document from France dating to 767 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rocca f (genitive roccae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. rock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rocca roccae
Genitive roccae roccārum
Dative roccae roccīs
Accusative roccam roccās
Ablative roccā roccīs
Vocative rocca roccae

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: roca
    • Gascon: arròca
    • Occitan: ròca, ròcha
    • Old French: roche, roque (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*rŏcca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 440
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