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Where does “trinxat” come from?

trinxat (Catalan) comes from Catalan trinxar, 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.

trinxat (Catalan): per bend

Definitions

  1. per bend

Ancestry of “trinxat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantrinxarto slice, slice up
2Old Frenchtrenchierto cut
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—

Words derived from “trinxat”

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