falco

See also: Falco and falcó

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin falcō, probably of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -alko

Noun

falco m (plural falchi)

  1. hawk, falcon
  2. (figuratively) warmonger, bellicist. hawk, war hawk

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin, of uncertain and disputed origin, but probably from Germanic given the early attestation and widespread use of the word in Germanic. Perhaps from Old High German falco, falcho, falucho (“falcon”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon", literally, "grey bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *polH-, *pelH- (“grey, bluish”). Cognate with Old Saxon falko (“falcon”), Old English fealca, fealcen (“falcon”), Old Norse fálki (“falcon”), Old High German falo (“pale”), Latin pullus (“dusky coloured, blackish”). More at fallow.

Alternate etymology connects Late Latin falco to Latin falx (“sickle, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”), but this derivation is usually regarded as folk-etymology due to the bird's curved beak and talons[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.koː/, [ˈfaɫ.koː]

Noun

falcō m (genitive falcōnis); third declension

  1. falcon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative falcō falcōnēs
Genitive falcōnis falcōnum
Dative falcōnī falcōnibus
Accusative falcōnem falcōnēs
Ablative falcōne falcōnibus
Vocative falcō falcōnēs

Descendants

References
  1. Webster's New World College Dictionary, falcon.

See also

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falkô. See Latin falco.

Noun

falco m

  1. falcon

Descendants
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