Where does “truncatus” come from?

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

truncatus (Latin): maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by having limbs cut off

Definitions

  1. maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by having limbs cut off

Ancestry of “truncatus”, 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

Words derived from “truncatus”

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