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
- breakable
Ancestry of “trencable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | trencar | to break |
| 2 | Old Occitan | trencar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 4 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 5 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 6 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 7 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 8 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |