Where does “stronzare” come from?
stronzare (Italian) comes from Italian tronzo, from Old French trons, from Latin trunceus, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
stronzare (Italian): to fraudulently devalue currency
Definitions
- to fraudulently devalue currency
Ancestry of “stronzare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tronzo | blunt, dull |
| 2 | Old French | trons | — |
| 3 | Latin | trunceus | — |
| 4 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |
Words derived from “stronzare”