Where does “biroċċ” come from?
biroċċ (Maltese) comes from Italian biroccio, from Late Latin birotium, from Latin birotum, from Latin birotus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
biroċċ (Maltese): cart, barouche
Definitions
- cart, barouche
Ancestry of “biroċċ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | biroccio | cart; cartload |
| 2 | Late Latin | birotium | — |
| 3 | Latin | birotum | nominative neuter singular of birotus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | birotus | two-wheeled |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |