Where does “entrenchment” come from?
entrenchment (English) comes from English entrench, from English trench, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three.
entrenchment (English): The process of entrenching or something which...
Definitions
- The process of entrenching or something which...
Ancestry of “entrenchment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entrench | To dig or excavate a trench; to trench; To... |
| 2 | English | trench | A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground; A... |
| 3 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 6 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 7 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 8 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 9 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 10 | Old English | þrī | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |