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[Facts] Re: Sarco, a masculine first name mostly found in Latin America.
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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! ;)

"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
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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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