English
raucid
Raucid comes from Latin raucus ‘hoarse’, and goes back to ravus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEravus‘hoarse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErāvis‘hoarseness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEraucus‘hoarse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833raucid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEravus‘hoarse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErāvis‘hoarseness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEraucus‘hoarse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833raucid
Earliest quotation: 1833, Elia pseudonym; Charles Lamb, To the Shade of Elliston: “Methinks I hear the old boatman, paddling by the…”
The story
Latin raucus hoarse; compare Latin raucidus.
Linked words
through Latin raucus ‘hoarse’
Today it means
adj Hoarse, raucous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ravus / raucid