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parco.

to spare, save up, economise

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpar.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈpar.ko]
  1. to spare, save up, economise

    accusative · conjugation-3 · with-dative
  2. to forgive someone, have mercy for, to be lenient to

    conjugation-3 · figuratively · with-dative
  3. to let alone, omit

    conjugation-3
  4. to refrain, abstain, avoid

    conjugation-3
Where this word comes from

Disputed. According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *pe-arkō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₂erk- (“to hold, guard”) (whence arceō). The linguist Michael Weiss suggests that the Proto-Indo-European compound *pe-h₂erk- became *pe-h₂ark-, then *peh₂ark-, whence *pah₂ark-, which became *pārk-, and then *park- via Osthoff's law. Weiss suggests that the pre-form *pe-h₂erk- may also be continued by Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒄯𒍣 (pé-e-ḫar-zi) The LIV, however, derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k-é-ti, itself from the putative root *perk-. De Vaan rejects this theory, arguing that it is semantically unconvincing. Others make it cognate with Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), English spare. See also parcus.

adj[ˈpar.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈpar.ko]
  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parcus

    ablative · dative · form-of · masculine · neuter · singular
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