vaccaricius

vaccaricius

Latin

Etymology

From vacca (“cow”) +‎ -āricius. Attested in the Pactus Alamannorum.[1]

Adjective

vaccāricius (feminine vaccāricia, neuter vaccāricium); first/second-declension adjective

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

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: vãcãreatsã, vãcãreadzã
  • Romanian: văcăreață
• Italo-Romance:
  • Calabrian: Vaccarizzo
  • Italian: vaccareccia, Vaccareccia, Vacchereccia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: vacherez, vacherece
    • French: Vacheresse
  • Old Occitan: vacarez, vacareza[2]
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: vacarizo, vacariza
    • Spanish: vaquerizo, vaqueriza
  • Portuguese: Vacariça

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “vaccaricius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1056
2. Thomas, Antoine. 1903. Le suffixe -aricius en français et en provençal. Romania 32. 188, 194.