Where does “troncabile” come from?
troncabile (Italian) comes from Italian troncare, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
troncabile (Italian): breakable; That can be apocopated
Definitions
- breakable; That can be apocopated
Ancestry of “troncabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | troncare | to break off, cut off, sever or truncate; to... |
| 2 | Latin | trunco | I maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I... |
| 3 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |