Where does “tronquer” come from?

tronquer (French) comes from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronquer (French): to truncate; to shorten, cut

Definitions

  1. to truncate; to shorten, cut

Ancestry of “tronquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “tronquer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-
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