Where does “rosicare” come from?
rosicare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin rosicare, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rosicare (Italian): to gnaw, nibble
Ancestry of “rosicare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | rosicare | present active infinitive of *rōsicō |
| 2 | Latin | rōdere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rosicare”