Where does “tranchier” come from?

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

tranchier (Old French): Alternative form of trenchier

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of trenchier

Ancestry of “tranchier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintruncāre—
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “tranchier”

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