barrueco

== Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Celtic *verroccon (“large rock”), though likely influenced by Latin verruca (“wart, raised place”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak, highland”) (Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “peak”)). === Noun === barrueco m (plural barruecos) irregular pearl === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “barrueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025