Where does “rosegaire” come from?

rosegaire (Occitan) comes from Occitan rosegar, from Old Occitan rosegar, from Vulgar Latin rosicare, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rosegaire (Occitan): rodent

Definitions

  1. rodent

Ancestry of “rosegaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanrosegarto gnaw
2Old Occitanrosegar—
3Vulgar Latinrosicarepresent active infinitive of *rōsicō
4Latinrōdere—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Latin rōdere →Every word from Vulgar Latin rosicare →