Where does “truculence” come from?
truculence (English) comes from French truculence, from Latin truculentia, from Latin truculentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
truculence (English): The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight;...
Definitions
- The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight;...
Ancestry of “truculence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | truculence | the state of being truculent |
| 2 | Latin | truculentia | — |
| 3 | Latin | truculentus | savage, ferocious; harsh, stern, cruel; stormy |
| 4 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 5 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |