Where does “retrancher” come from?
retrancher (French) comes from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three.
retrancher (French): to deduct, take away, cut out; to cut down; to...
Definitions
- to deduct, take away, cut out; to cut down; to...
Ancestry of “retrancher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | trancher | to slice, to cut into slices; to complete,... |
| 2 | Italian | trinciare | to blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or... |
| 3 | Spanish | trinchar | to carve |
| 4 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 6 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 7 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 8 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 9 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 10 | Old English | þrī | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “retrancher”