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

to cut off branches; debranch

Ancestry of “étronçonner”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	tronçon	slice, section
2	Old French	trons	—
3	Latin	trunceus	—
4	Latin	truncus	lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
5	Proto-Indo-European	twerḱ-	to carve, cut off, trim

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Latin trunceus →