Etymograph

English

bucca

Bucca comes from Cornish bocka.

  1. Cornishmodernbocka1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008bucca1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English bucca
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon: “a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas, sprites and giants”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. CornishmodernbockaWiktionary, English bucca
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008buccaWiktionary, English bucca. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon: “a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas, sprites and giants”

Every English word from Cornish bocka

Another origin of bucca

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*bekkos‘beak, snout’uncertain
  2. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CE*bekkosuncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbeccus‘beak’uncertain
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbucca‘the cheek’
  5. Englishtodaybucca

Today it means

noun A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.

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Etymograph / Cornish bocka / bucca

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