rocim - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Old Galician-Portuguese rocin, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
• Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
• Italian rozzo (“rough”);
• French roncin (“stallion”).

Cognate with Spanish rocín.

• Hyphenation: ro‧cim

rocim m (plural rocins)

1. nag (useless horse)