Where does “trunnion” come from?

trunnion (English) comes from French trognon, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

trunnion (English): One of the short stubby bearings on either side...

Definitions

  1. One of the short stubby bearings on either side...

Ancestry of “trunnion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrognoncore
2French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
3Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “trunnion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from French -on →