Where does “tranciatrice” come from?

tranciatrice (Italian) comes from Italian tranciare, from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres.

tranciatrice (Italian): shearing machine

Definitions

  1. shearing machine

Ancestry of “tranciatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantranciareTo shear
2Frenchtrancherto slice, to cut into slices; to complete,...
3Italiantrinciareto blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or...
4Spanishtrincharto carve
5Old Frenchtrenchierto cut
6Vulgar Latintrinicarecut into three parts; cut in three parts
7Latintrininominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive...
8Latintresthree; 3
9EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
10Middle Englishthrethree
11Old Englishþrīthree
12Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
13Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
14Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ
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