runco

Probably from the root Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-. According to De Vaan, the root *h₃rewk- may have given rise to the nasal-infix verb *h₃runékti, which itself possibly gave rise to a noun or adjective Proto-Italic *runk-o-s. The verb runcō may have been formed as a denominative to such a noun or adjective. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρύσσω (orússō, “to dig”), Sanskrit लुञ्चति (luñcati, “to pluck”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊŋ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruŋ.ko]

runcō (present infinitive runcāre, perfect active runcāvī, supine runcātum); first conjugation

1. to weed, clear of weeds
2. to weed out, thin out, root up

• ēruncō

Numerous forms reflect prefixation with ad-.

• “runco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "runco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “runco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.