Where does “frustum” come from?

Frustum comes from Latin frustum, from Proto-Italic frustom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrus-tós, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰrews-.

frustum (English): A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by...

Definitions

  1. A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by...

Ancestry of “frustum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrustuma piece, bit; crumb, morsel, scrap of food
2Proto-Italicfrustom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrus-tós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “frustum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrus-tós →Every word from Proto-Italic frustom →