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Where does “trocar” come from?

Trocar comes from French trocart, which derives from French trois-quart, literally meaning "three-quarters," referring to the instrument's three-sided cutting point.

trocar (English): A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make...

Definitions

  1. A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make...

Ancestry of “trocar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrocart—
2Frenchtroisthree
3Middle Frenchtroys—
4Old Frenchtroisthree
5Latintrēs—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trocar”

  • trocarization
  • monotrocar
  • trocarisation
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →