Etymology

bucolic

bu·col·ic
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Today it means: Rustic, pastoral, country-styled. Full definition →

Latin būcolicus ← Ancient Greek βουκολικός
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bucolic · adjective1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβουκολικός“rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”
  2. Latin · borrowed frombūcolicus
  3. English todaybucolic

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).

bucolic · noun2

  1. Latin · derived frombūcolicum
  2. English todaybucolic

From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus.

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