Where does “trenchour” come from?
trenchour (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ.
trenchour (Anglo-Norman): cutter
Definitions
- cutter
Ancestry of “trenchour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 3 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 5 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 6 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 7 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |