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

Noun

briscō m (genitive briscōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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, 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

Spanish

Noun

brisco m (plural briscos)

1. (derogatory, chiefly Uruguay) gay man