laverco

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps related to Late Latin levaricinus, a fish name attested by Polemius Silvius; whence French lavaret and Portuguese lavareto.[1] The current form has been probably influenced by laverca (lark).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈβべーたɛɾko/

Noun

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laverco f (plural lavercos)

  1. (archaic) large sea trout, shad or salmon after spawning in the rivers
  2. (figurative) simpleton

References

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  1. ^ Adams, J.N. (2007). The regional diversification of Latin, 200 BC-AD 600. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 296. →ISBN.
  2. ^ Cf. also Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “laverca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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