Where does “tronçonneuse” come from?
tronçonneuse (French) comes from French tronçonner, from French tronçon, from Old French trons, from Latin trunceus, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
tronçonneuse (French): chainsaw
Ancestry of “tronçonneuse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tronçonner | to slice, to slice up |
| 2 | French | tronçon | slice, section |
| 3 | Old French | trons | — |
| 4 | Latin | trunceus | — |
| 5 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |