noun
verruculum
*verruculum
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionbolt (metal bar for keeping something closed)
Origins
From vericulum (“little rod”), with the ending changed to -uculum and with /rr/ taken from ferrum (“iron”). The first change is attested via Late Latin veruclātus (“locked, bolted”, found in Augustine), implying a derived verb *veruculāre.
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanborroll
- Occitanvarrolh
- Catalanferroll
- Catalanforroll
- Catalanfarroll
- Catalanforrollat
- Catalanferrollat
- Catalanforrellac
- Catalanforiac
- Gasconvorrolhfrom Occitan varrolh
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishberrojofrom Old Spanish berrojo
- Portugueseferrolho
- Portugueseferruolho
- Spanishherrojo
- Asturianaberruyu
- Asturianalberruyu
- Aragonesebirol
- Old Galician-Portugueseverrolho
- Ansotanoforrullo
- Benasquésfarroll
Italo-Romance
- Italianverrocchio
- Italianverocchio
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchverroufrom Old French verroil
- Franco-Provençalverroil
- Franco-Provençalferroil
Elsewhere
- Spanishcerrojo
- Aragonesecerrollo
- Aragonesezerrullo
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianvrij
- Ligurianfrogio
- Easternfrocc
- Easternfrucc
- Northernforegg
- Northernfrugg
- Westernfroj
- Romagnolfròcc