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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

  1. crust of bread; bread crumb

Ancestry of “rosegó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanrosegarto gnaw, to nibble; to eat away at
2Old Occitanrozegar—
3Vulgar Latinrosicarepresent active infinitive of *rōsicō
4Latinrōdere—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
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