Where does “truncheoner” come from?
truncheoner (English) comes from English truncheon, from Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon, from Late Latin troncionem, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
truncheoner (English): Synonym of truncheoneer
Ancestry of “truncheoner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | truncheon | A fragment or piece broken off from something,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tronchoun | A fragment of something, especially a spear or... |
| 3 | Old French | tronchon | baton; truncheon |
| 4 | Late Latin | troncionem | — |
| 5 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |