bronco
[ brong-koh ]
/ ˈbrɒŋ koʊ /
noun, plural bron·cos.
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
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Origin of bronco
1865–70, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish, short for Spanish potro bronco untamed colt (in Mexican Spanish: wild horse, half-tamed horse); bronco, apparently nasalized variant of Latin broccus; see broach
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bronco
broncho
/ (ˈbrɒŋkəʊ) /
noun plural -cos or -chos
(in the US and Canada) a wild or partially tamed pony or mustang of the western plains
Word Origin for bronco
C19: from Mexican Spanish, short for Spanish potro bronco unbroken colt, probably from Latin broccus projecting (as knots on wood), hence, rough, wild
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Word Origin and History for bronco
bronco
also broncho, 1850, American English, "untamed or half-tamed horse," from noun use of Spanish bronco (adj.) "rough, rude," originally a noun meaning "a knot in wood," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruncus "a knot, projection," apparently from a cross of Latin broccus "projecting" (see broach (n.)) + truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk (n.)). Bronco-buster is attested from 1886.
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