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
Ancestry of “rouco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | rouco | — |
| 2 | Latin | raucus | hoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous |
| 3 | Latin | -cus | suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -kos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |