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