Where does “rouco” come from?

rouco (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese rouco, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

rouco (Portuguese): hoarse, husky; raucous

Definitions

  1. hoarse, husky; raucous

Ancestry of “rouco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueserouco—
2Latinraucushoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous
3Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
4Proto-Italic-kos—
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “rouco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Latin raucus →