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Where does “rosc” come from?

rosc (Irish) comes from Old Irish rosc — eye; a short poem, ode or chant; a legal maxim or...

rosc (Irish): eye; rhetorical composition, rhapsodical chant

Definitions

  1. eye; rhetorical composition, rhapsodical chant

Ancestry of “rosc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishrosceye; a short poem, ode or chant; a legal maxim or...

Words derived from “rosc”

  • roscaireacht
  • glanrosc
  • claonrosc
Every word from Old Irish rosc →