Where does “trenchant” come from?
trenchant (Old French) comes 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, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ.
trenchant (Old French): sharp; razor sharp; present participle of...
Definitions
- sharp; razor sharp; present participle of...
Ancestry of “trenchant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 3 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 5 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 6 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 7 | Old English | þrī | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “trenchant”