Where does “detruncare” come from?
detruncare (Latin) comes from Latin truncare, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
detruncare (Latin): to cut off
Ancestry of “detruncare”, step by step
detruncare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin truncare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | truncare | present active infinitive of truncō;... |
| 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 |
via Latin de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |