Femení

loche

Significat

Conceptes

(Anglès)

(feminine) one of the several species of giant slugs belonging to the families Arionidae and Limacidae
(feminine) one of the several species of loach belonging to a number of different orders

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɔʃ/

Heretat de francès antic

loche

In summary

Inherited from Middle French loche, from Old French loche, further origin unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuka (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug. Alternatively, perhaps from Frankish *loppijā, *lobbijā (“something lumpy, slow, or clumsy”), from Proto-Germanic *lubbǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to cut off, peel, hang loosely”). Compare Middle English lob (“pollack”), Middle Low German lobbe, lubbe (“stockfish; thick, droopy lip”), Middle Dutch lobbe (“thick mass, lobe, lump”), German Low German Lobb (“thick, mushy liquid”), English looby.