brisco

Latin

Alternative forms

friscō, brisgō, frisgō

Etymology

From brīscus, brūscus, from earlier rūscus, rūscum (“butcher's broom”), perhaps contaminated by *brūcus (“heather”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbris.koː/, [ˈbrɪs̠koː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbris.ko/, [ˈbrisko]

Noun

briscō m (genitive briscōnis); third declension

(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	briscō	briscōnēs
Genitive	briscōnis	briscōnum
Dative	briscōnī	briscōnibus
Accusative	briscōnem	briscōnēs
Ablative	briscōne	briscōnibus
Vocative	briscō	briscōnēs

Descendants

Old French: fresgon
- Middle French: fresgon, fregon, fragon
  - French: fragon
Occitan:
Languedocien: bresegon

Further reading

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frĭsgo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 806
A. J., Greimas (1968) “fregon, fragon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN

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