rocca

rocca

See also: Rocca

Italian

Etymology 1

From early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

1. fortress, stronghold
2. rock

Derived terms

• cristallo di rocca
• allume di rocca

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): /ˈrɔk.ka/, (traditional) /ˈrok.ka/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔkka, (traditional) -okka
• Hyphenation: ròc‧ca, (traditional) 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

• carco, carcò, corca

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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]

Noun

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

1. rock

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rocca
    • → Sardinian: rocca
  • Sicilian: rocca
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: roca
  • Piedmontese: roca
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: roche, rocche, rouche; roke, roque; roce
    • French: roche
    • Norman: rocque
    • → Italian: roccia
    • →? Old English: *rocc
      • Middle English: rokke, rokk, rok
        • English: rock
        • Scots: rok
        • Yola: ruck
    • → Old Portuguese: rocha
      • Galician: rocha
      • Portuguese: rocha
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: roca
    • → Portuguese: roca
    • → Spanish: roca
  • Gascon: arròca
    • →? Basque: arroca
  • Occitan: ròca, ròcha

References

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