Where does “tron” come from?

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

tron (Norman): blunt; trunk

Definitions

  1. blunt; trunk

Ancestry of “tron”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Old French tronc →