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Where does “trencable” come from?

trencable (Catalan) comes from Catalan trencar, from Old Occitan trencar, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī.

trencable (Catalan): breakable

Definitions

  1. breakable

Ancestry of “trencable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantrencarto break
2Old Occitantrencar—
3Vulgar Latintrinicarecut into three parts; cut in three parts
4Latintrininominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive...
5Latintresthree; 3
6EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
7Middle Englishthrethree
8Old Englishþrī—
9Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
10Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
11Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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