rocca

See also: Rocca

Italian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language, or possibly from Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic. Compare also French roche, Spanish roca. Alternatively from an alteration of roccia based on its plural, rocce.

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. fortress, stronghold
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[1]

Noun

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)

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References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110
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