Where does “tronco” come from?

tronco (Portuguese) comes from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronco (Portuguese): tree trunk; trunk; torso; in a tree structure, a...

Definitions

  1. tree trunk; trunk; torso; in a tree structure, a...

Ancestry of “tronco”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tronco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →