Where does “truncar” come from?

truncar (Catalan) comes from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

truncar (Catalan): To truncate; to cut short

Definitions

  1. To truncate; to cut short

Ancestry of “truncar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-
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