Where does “rosegar” come from?

rosegar (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan rozegar, from Vulgar Latin rosicare, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rosegar (Catalan): to gnaw, to nibble; to eat away at

Definitions

  1. to gnaw, to nibble; to eat away at

Ancestry of “rosegar”, step by step

rosegar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan rozegar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanrozegar
2Vulgar Latinrosicarepresent active infinitive of *rōsicō
3Latinrōdere
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Old Occitan rosegar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanrosegar

Words derived from “rosegar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-Every word from Latin rōdereEvery word from Vulgar Latin rosicare