Where does “trabuco” come from?

trabuco (Galician) comes from Old Occitan trabuc, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

trabuco (Galician): trebuchet

Definitions

  1. trebuchet

Ancestry of “trabuco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrabuc—
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →Every word from Latin trabs →Every word from Old Occitan trabuc →