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