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

  1. log; trunk; mug; face; head

Ancestry of “tronche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintruncasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Vulgar Latin trunca →