barrueco

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *verroccon (“large rock”), though likely influenced by Latin verruca (“wart, raised place”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak, highland”) (Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “peak”)).

Noun

barrueco m (plural barruecos)

irregular pearl

References

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

“barrueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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