brisco
Latin
Alternative forms
- friscō, brisgō, frisgō
Etymology
From brīscus, brūscus, from earlier rūscus, rūscum (“butcher's broom”), perhaps contaminated by *brūcus (“heather”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbris.koː/, [ˈbrɪs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbris.ko/, [ˈbrisko]
Noun
briscō m (genitive briscōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | briscō | briscōnēs |
Genitive | briscōnis | briscōnum |
Dative | briscōnī | briscōnibus |
Accusative | briscōnem | briscōnēs |
Ablative | briscōne | briscōnibus |
Vocative | briscō | briscōnēs |
Descendants
- Old French: fresgon
- Middle French: fresgon, fregon, fragon
- French: fragon
- Middle French: fresgon, fregon, fragon
- Occitan:
- Languedocien: bresegon
Further reading
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “frĭsgo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 806
- A. J., Greimas (1968), “fregon, fragon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN