Where does “retrenchable” come from?
retrenchable (English) comes from English retrench, from English trench, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three.
retrenchable (English): Able to be retrenched
Definitions
- Able to be retrenched
Ancestry of “retrenchable”, step by step
retrenchable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retrench
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retrench | To cut down or reduce; To confine; to limit; 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 | three |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |