Where does “tronche” come from?
tronche (French) comes from Vulgar Latin trunca, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
tronche (French): log; trunk; mug; face; head
Definitions
- log; trunk; mug; face; head
Ancestry of “tronche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | trunca | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |