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Where does “truncans” come from?

truncans (Latin) comes from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

truncans (Latin): maiming, mutilating, especially by the removal of...

Definitions

  1. maiming, mutilating, especially by the removal of...

Ancestry of “truncans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
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