LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

tuccāre

*tuccāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto strike, knock
  2. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto touch

Origins

Either of onomatopeic origin or borrowed from Frankish *tukkōn (“to touch, hit”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesetocarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tocar
  • Spanishtocar
  • Sardiniantocaefrom Spanish tocar
  • Sardiniantocaifrom Spanish tocar
  • Sardiniantocarefrom Spanish tocar
  • Sardiniantogarefrom Spanish tocar
  • Aragonesetocar
  • Asturiantocar
  • Galiciantocarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tocar
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalantocar
  • Occitantocarfrom Old Occitan tocar
  • Occitantocharfrom Old Occitan tocar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniantoca
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantoccare
  • Corsicantoccà
  • Neapolitantoccare
  • Siciliantuccari
  • Venetantocar
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchtoquerfrom Old Northern French *toquer
  • Old Frenchtochier
  • Picardtoqueufrom Old Northern French *toquer
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliantocjâ
  • Romanshtutgar
  • Romanshtuccar
  • Romanshtutgear
Borrowings
  • Albaniantakoj

Quick answers

What does tuccāre mean in Latin?
tuccāre, a verb, means “to strike, knock; to touch”.