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Where does “tronzo” come from?

tronzo (Italian) comes from Old French trons, from Latin trunceus, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronzo (Italian): blunt, dull

Definitions

  1. blunt, dull

Ancestry of “tronzo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tronzo”

  • stronzo
  • stronzare
  • stronzaggine
  • stronzata
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