parricus

Latin

Alternative forms

parracus, parrocus, parichus, parcus, parchus, parchius, pargus

Etymology

First attested in the Lex Ripuaria.[1] Either borrowed from Frankish *parrik or vice-versa. If a native formation, it would presumably represent the nominalization of an adjective formed from *parra (“pole, post”) +‎ -icus, hence "made of posts".

Noun

parricus m (genitive parricī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parricus	parricī
Genitive	parricī	parricōrum
Dative	parricō	parricīs
Accusative	parricum	parricōs
Ablative	parricō	parricīs
Vocative	parrice	parricī

Derived terms

parcarius

Descendants

Direct reflexes:
- North Italian:
  - Lombard: parec, parac
  - Piedmontese: parc
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Old Catalan: pargue, parregue, *parrec, parc
    - Catalan: pàrrec, parc
  - Franco-Provençal: parco
  - Old French: parc (see there for further descendants)
  - Occitan: pargue, parrec, parc
Reflexes of a variant *barricus:
- North Italian:
  - Emilian: bareg
  - Lombard: baric, barec, barc
  - Old Venetian: barco
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Occitan: bargue
    Gascon: barrac

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “parricus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 766
parricus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “parrĭcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 667

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[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “parrĭcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 667