Where does “unretrenchable” come from?
unretrenchable (English) comes from English retrenchable, from English retrench, from English trench, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres.
unretrenchable (English): Unable to be retrenched
Definitions
- Unable to be retrenched
Ancestry of “unretrenchable”, step by step
unretrenchable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retrenchable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retrenchable | Able to be retrenched |
| 2 | English | retrench | To cut down or reduce; To confine; to limit; to... |
| 3 | English | trench | A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground; A... |
| 4 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 7 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 8 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 9 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 10 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 11 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |