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

  1. to fraudulently devalue currency

Ancestry of “stronzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantronzoblunt, dull
2Old Frenchtrons—
3Latintrunceus—
4Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “stronzare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Latin trunceus →