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Where does “roncar” come from?

roncar (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος.

roncar (Catalan): to snore; to purr

Definitions

  1. to snore; to purr

Ancestry of “roncar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanroncar—
2Latinrhonchāre—
3Ancient Greekῥόγχος—

Words derived from “roncar”

  • ronc
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος →