roncin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French roncin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roncin m (plural roncins)

1. workhorse (horse)

Old French

Alternative forms

• rouncie (Anglo-Norman)
• runci (Anglo-Norman)
• runcin (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Probably of Germanic origin, from Old High German hros, ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą.

Noun

roncin oblique singular, m (oblique plural roncins, nominative singular roncins, nominative plural roncin)

1. stallion (horse)

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “roncin”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati