larc
See also: LARC
Friulian
Alternative forms
- larg
Etymology
From Latin largus.
Adjective
larc (feminine largje)
- wide, broad
- large
Noun
larc m (plural larcs)
- width; breadth
Old French
Adjective
larc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular larc)
- Alternative form of large (“wide”)
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Renart
- Enmi la sale grant et larc
- In the large, wide room
- Enmi la sale grant et larc
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Renart
Usage notes
- The Roman de Renart citation above is the only known attestation of larc[1]
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “largus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 186. Last paragraph of the first column. No other Old French attestations under largus are for larc.
- E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin largus.
Adjective
larc
- generous
- large; big
- wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)
Descendants
- Occitan: larg
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “largus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 182 (the code for Old Occitan is apr.)