OrigineInherited 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, Romansch 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.
- masculinehedgehog (animal)
- masculineVelcro
Formearici(plural) · arici(accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular) · ariciul(accusative, definite, nominative, singular) · arici(accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural) · aricii(accusative, definite, nominative, plural) · arici(dative, genitive, indefinite, singular) · ariciului(dative, definite, genitive, singular) · arici(dative, genitive, indefinite, plural) · aricilor(dative, definite, genitive, plural) · ariciule(singular, vocative) · aricilor(plural, vocative) · lui Arici(dative, genitive)