LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

rencus

*rencus m (oblique *rencum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Gallo Romancemasculinereconstructionrow
  2. Proto Gallo Romancemasculinereconstructionorder, rank

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/ˈrenks//ˈrenk/

Origins

Nasalized borrowing of Gaulish *rekos, from Proto-Celtic *reketi (“to arrange”) (compare Old Irish adeirrig (“repeats, changes”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek- (“to set in order”).

Descendants
  • Frenchrangfrom Old French reng
  • Spanishrangofrom Old French reng
  • Englishrangefrom Old French reng
  • Englishrankfrom Old French reng
  • Occitanrencfrom Old Occitan renc
  • Occitanrengfrom Old Occitan renc
  • Catalanrengfrom Old Occitan renc
  • Portugueserenquefrom Old Occitan renc
  • Franco-Provençalrang
  • Franco-Provençalran

Quick answers

What does rencus mean in Latin?
rencus, a noun, means “row; order, rank”.