porcaricius

porcaricius

Latin

Etymology

From porcus (“pig”) +‎ -āricius. Attested in the Lex Alamannorum.[1]

Adjective

porcāricius (feminine porcāricia, neuter porcāricium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) pertaining to a pig

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: purcãreatsã, purcãreadzã
  • Romanian: porcăreață, Purcăreț
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: porchereccio, porcareccia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: porcherez, porcherece
    • French: Porcheresse, Pourcharesse
  • Old Occitan: porcareza[2]
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: porcarizo, porcariza
    • Spanish: porquerizo, porqueriza
  • Portuguese: porcariço, Porcariça

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “porcaricius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 184

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “porcaricius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 814
2. Thomas, Antoine. 1903. Le suffixe -aricius en français et en provençal. Romania 32. 194.