Where does “retrencher” come from?
retrencher (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.
retrencher (English): One who retrenches
Definitions
- One who retrenches
Ancestry of “retrencher”, step by step
retrencher 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 ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |