Where does “ronc” come from?

ronc (Catalan) comes from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

ronc (Catalan): snore; hoarse

Definitions

  1. snore; hoarse

Ancestry of “ronc”, step by step

ronc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin raucus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
2Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
3Proto-Italic-kos—
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Catalan roncar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanroncarto snore; to purr
2Old Occitanroncar—
3Latinrhonchāre—
4Ancient Greekῥόγχος—

Words derived from “ronc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Latin raucus →