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arici¹

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Inherited from Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). The expected normal result would have been *ariț, and explanations for the current form include an intermediate Vulgar Latin *ērix, ēricis or alternatively *ēriciō, ēriciōnem, in which case it would be regressively derived from a hypothetical Romanian *ariciune (compare French hérisson, Catalan eriçó, Romansh erizun). It may also have simply been a change in the suffix. The change also seems to have affected a form of the Aromanian equivalent. Compare Italian riccio, Sardinian rizzu.

noun arici · ariciul · aricii

  1. masculine hedgehog (animal)
  2. masculine Velcro

    Similar: scai

Arici²

Where it comes from

From arici.

proper noun lui Arici

  1. masculine a surname

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@misc{arici_2026,
  title = {arici},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arici},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}