rocca

See also: Rocca

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔk.ka/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔkka
• Hyphenation: ròc‧ca

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

1. fortress, stronghold
2. rock

Derived terms

• cristallo di rocca
• allume di rocca

Etymology 2

From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrok.ka/^[1]
• Rhymes: -okka
• Hyphenation: róc‧ca

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

1. distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)

References

1. rocca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110

Anagrams

• carco, carcò, corca

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; seemingly from a non-Indo-European substrate. First attested in a document from France dating to AD 767.

Noun

rocca f (genitive roccae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. rock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rocca	roccae
Genitive	roccae	roccārum
Dative	roccae	roccīs
Accusative	roccam	roccās
Ablative	roccā	roccīs
Vocative	rocca	roccae

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rocca
    • → Sardinian: rocca
  • Sicilian: rocca
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: roca
  • Piedmontese: roca
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: roca
    • → Portuguese: roca
    • → Spanish: roca
  • Gascon: arròca
    • →? Basque: arroca
  • Occitan: ròca, ròcha
  • Old French: roche, roque (see there for further descendants)

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “rocca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 921
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*rŏcca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 440