English
torgoch
Torgoch comes from Welsh torgoch ‘torgoch, saibling’, from Latin coccum ‘kermes berry, scarlet’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek κόκκος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόκκοςkókkos‘scarletberry’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoccum‘kermes berry, scarlet’
- Welshc. 1500–presenttorgoch‘torgoch, saibling’literally ‘red-belly’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόκκοςkókkos‘scarletberry’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoccum‘kermes berry, scarlet’
- Welshc. 1500–presenttorgoch‘torgoch, saibling’literally ‘red-belly’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Welsh torgoch (literally “red-belly”), from Latin coccum (‘kermes berry, scarlet’), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “scarletberry”)
Linked words
through Latin coccum ‘kermes berry, scarlet’
Today it means
noun A saibling, a fish of species (Salvelinus alpinus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κόκκος / torgoch