Where does “tronçon” come from?
tronçon (French) comes from Old French trons, from Latin trunceus, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
tronçon (French): slice, section
Ancestry of “tronçon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | trons | — |
| 2 | Latin | trunceus | — |
| 3 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |
Words derived from “tronçon”