Where does “roca” come from?

roca (Italian) comes from Italian roco, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

roca (Italian): feminine singular of roco

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of roco

Ancestry of “roca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrocohoarse, throaty
2Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
3Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
4Proto-Italic-kos—
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Latin raucus →