Where does “truncateness” come from?
truncateness (English) comes from English truncate, from Latin truncātus, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
truncateness (English): The state or condition of being truncate
Definitions
- The state or condition of being truncate
Ancestry of “truncateness”, step by step
truncateness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English truncate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truncate | To shorten by, or as if by, cutting part of it... |
| 2 | Latin | truncātus | maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by having limbs cut off |
| 3 | Latin | trunco | I maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I... |
| 4 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |