LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculine

resecum

*resecum m

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancemasculinereconstructioncut
  2. Proto Italo Western Romancemasculinereconstructioncrag, cliff
  3. Proto Italo Western Romancemasculinereconstructionpitfall

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/ˈrɛsekos//ˈrɛset͡ʃi/

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinresecum

Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin seco Latin resecōdeverb. Latin *resecum Deverbal from resecō.

Italo-Romance
  • Catalanriscfrom Old Italian risco
  • Italianrischiofrom Old Italian risco
  • Italianrisicofrom Old Italian risco
  • Frenchrisquefrom Old Italian risco
  • Englishriskfrom Old Italian risco
  • Romanianriscfrom Old Italian risco
  • Occitanriscfrom Old Italian risco
  • Portugueseriscofrom Old Italian risco
  • Old Italianresicu
  • Galicianriscofrom Old Italian risco
Elsewhere
  • Spanishriesgofrom Asturian riesgu
  • Spanishriscofrom Asturian riesgu
North Italian
  • Ligurianréizego
  • Lombardresega
  • Piedmontesereizi
Occitano-Romance
  • Old Catalan*rèsec
  • Old Catalanreec
  • Old Occitanresegue

In English words that came into English from resecum

  • risqué*resecum

Quick answers

What does resecum mean in Latin?
resecum, a noun, means “cut; crag, cliff; pitfall”.
Where does resecum come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin resecum.