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Where does “rosegar” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rosegar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrosicarepresent active infinitive of *rōsicō
2Latinrōdere—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “rosegar”

  • rosegó
  • arrossegar
  • rosegar
  • rosegaire
  • rosegar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →