Where does “ambaŭtranĉa” come from?
ambaŭtranĉa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tranĉi, from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres.
ambaŭtranĉa (Esperanto): two-edged
Definitions
- two-edged
Ancestry of “ambaŭtranĉa”, step by step
ambaŭtranĉa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto tranĉi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tranĉi | to cut, slice |
| 2 | French | trancher | to slice, to cut into slices; to complete,... |
| 3 | Italian | trinciare | to blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or... |
| 4 | Spanish | trinchar | to carve |
| 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 Esperanto ambaŭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ambaŭ | both |
| 2 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |