Where does “truncate” come from?
truncate (Latin) comes from Latin truncatus, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
truncate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of truncātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of truncātus
Ancestry of “truncate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | truncatus | maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by having... |
| 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 |