Where does “tronçonner” come from?

tronçonner (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.

tronçonner (French): to slice, to slice up

Definitions

  1. to slice, to slice up

Ancestry of “tronçonner”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tronçonner”

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