Where does “truncator” come from?
truncator (Latin) comes from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.
truncator (Latin): second-person singular future passive imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive imperative...
Ancestry of “truncator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | trunco | I maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I... |
| 2 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |