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Where does “étronçonner” come from?

étronçonner (French) comes from French tronçon, from Old French trons, from Latin trunceus, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

étronçonner (French): to cut off branches; debranch

Definitions

  1. to cut off branches; debranch

Ancestry of “étronçonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtronçonslice, section
2Old Frenchtrons—
3Latintrunceus—
4Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
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