Where does “trencherful” come from?
trencherful (English) comes from English trencher, from Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three.
trencherful (English): Enough to fill a trencher; a plateful of food
Definitions
- Enough to fill a trencher; a plateful of food
Ancestry of “trencherful”, step by step
trencherful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trencher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trencher | A long plate on which food is served and/or cut;... |
| 2 | Middle English | trenchour | A cutting tool; a knife or blade |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | trenchour | cutter |
| 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 ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |