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Where does “trinxat” come from?

trinxat (English) comes from Catalan trinxat, from Catalan trinxar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre.

trinxat (English): A Catalan dish of cabbage, potato and pork,...

Definitions

  1. A Catalan dish of cabbage, potato and pork,...

Ancestry of “trinxat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantrinxatper bend
2Catalantrinxarto slice, slice up
3Old Frenchtrenchierto cut
4Vulgar Latintrinicarecut into three parts; cut in three parts
5Latintrininominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive...
6Latintresthree; 3
7EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
8Middle Englishthrethree
9Old Englishþrī—
10Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
11Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
12Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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