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Help[Facts] Re: Sarco, a masculine first name mostly found in Latin America.
in reply to a message by Dorchadas
I don't know the name, but by Googling around I got the idea that Sarco might be a variant of Zarco (or vica-versa of course), and sure enough, on this site about Spanish-origin family names there is an entry for "sarco, zarco":
http://www.nmgs.org/artfilgl.htm
Zarco is a Spanish word, with a meaning of "light blue" or similar:
http://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/zarco
http://www.nmgs.org/artfilgl.htm
Zarco is a Spanish word, with a meaning of "light blue" or similar:
http://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/zarco
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Thank you, Rene - that helps a lot! :D I must say that I find myself a bit surprised that it has such a gentle meaning, as Sarco looks like a tough and macho name outwardly. ;) I certainly love it, though! ;)
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The Spanish was taken from the feminine form of an Arabic word for light blue (from which new masculine and neuter forms were formed in Spanish). You're probably thinking of Greek sarkos "(cut) flesh/meat" (also feminine), from which we get sarcophagus and sarcasm (a cutting remark)
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