Where does “retrancher” come from?

retrancher (Middle French) comes from Old French tranchier, from Latin truncāre, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

Ancestry of “retrancher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtranchierAlternative form of trenchier
2Latintruncāre
3Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “retrancher

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-