Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “tronke” come from?

tronke (Middle English) comes from Old French tronc, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronke (Middle English): A large chest or storage container; A container...

Definitions

  1. A large chest or storage container; A container...

Ancestry of “tronke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroncalms box, tree trunk, headless body; trunk
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “tronke”

  • trunk
  • trunking
  • trunked
  • trunkful
  • trunkless
  • trunklike
  • trunkmaker
  • trunkline
  • trunkfish
  • trunkload
  • multitrunked
  • trunkal
  • nontrunk
  • trunky
  • intrunk
  • trunk-like
  • pseudotrunk
  • trunkback
  • betrunk
  • trunkmaking
  • トランク
  • 트렁크
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