Where does “trencanous” come from?
trencanous (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.
trencanous (Catalan): nutcracker
Definitions
- nutcracker
Ancestry of “trencanous”, step by step
trencanous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan trencar
| 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 | — |
via Catalan nou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | nou | new; nine; nut |
| 2 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |