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
- to gnaw, to nibble; to eat away at
Ancestry of “rosegar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | rozegar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | rosicare | present active infinitive of *rōsicō |
| 3 | Latin | rōdere | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rosegar”