Where does “raucous” come from?

Raucous derives from Latin raucus, meaning hoarse or harsh-sounding, formed with the Latin adjectival suffix -cus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

raucous (English): Harsh and rough-sounding; Disorderly and...

Definitions

  1. Harsh and rough-sounding; Disorderly and...

Ancestry of “raucous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraucitas—
2Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
3Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
4Proto-Italic-kos—
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “raucous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Latin raucus →