Where does “rosegó” come from?
rosegó (Catalan) comes from Catalan rosegar, from Old Occitan rozegar, from Vulgar Latin rosicare, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rosegó (Catalan): crust of bread; bread crumb
Definitions
- crust of bread; bread crumb
Ancestry of “rosegó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | rosegar | to gnaw, to nibble; to eat away at |
| 2 | Old Occitan | rozegar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | rosicare | present active infinitive of *rōsicō |
| 4 | Latin | rōdere | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |