Where does “detrancier” come from?
detrancier (Old French) comes from Old French trancier, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī.
detrancier (Old French): to cut up; to cut into pieces; to mutilate
Definitions
- to cut up; to cut into pieces; to mutilate
Ancestry of “detrancier”, step by step
detrancier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French trancier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trancier | Alternative form of trenchier |
| 2 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 4 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 5 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 6 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 7 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 8 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |