Where does “truculence” come from?
truculence (French) comes from Latin truculentia, from Latin truculentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
truculence (French): the state of being truculent
Definitions
- the state of being truculent
Ancestry of “truculence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | truculentia | fierceness, savageness, grimness, brutality |
| 2 | Latin | truculentus | savage, ferocious; harsh, stern, cruel; stormy |
| 3 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 5 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 6 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |