Where does “truncus” come from?

truncus (English) comes from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

truncus (English): The thorax of an insect; The trunk of the human...

Definitions

  1. The thorax of an insect; The trunk of the human...

Ancestry of “truncus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “truncus”

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