FromLatinpertica.
pertica f (pluralpertiche)
- pole,rod
- beanpole
FromProto-Italic*perth,*pertikā (whence alsoOscan𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌊(perek,“pole”),Umbrian𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌊𐌀𐌚(perkaf,“rod”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly fromProto-Indo-European*pertʰ-(“pole, sprout”), and tentatively compared toAncient Greekπτόρθος(ptórthos,“sprout”),Sanskritकपृथ्(kapṛth,“penis”), though De Vaan dismisses these extra-Italic connections as "[not] even remotely convincing".[1]
Compareridica(“stake”).
pertica f (genitiveperticae);first declension
- pole, longstaff
- measuringrod
- (units of measure)rod,(especially) theRomanrod of 10 ft (about 3 m)
First-declension noun.
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- Borrowings:
- “pertica”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pertica”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pertica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “pertica”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pertica”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014),A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN
- ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pertica”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page461
