Where does “tranșator” come from?

tranșator (Romanian) comes from Romanian tranșa, from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres.

tranșator (Romanian): slicer

Definitions

  1. slicer

Ancestry of “tranșator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantranșato slice
2Frenchtrancherto slice, to cut into slices; to complete,...
3Italiantrinciareto blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or...
4Spanishtrincharto carve
5Old Frenchtrenchierto cut
6Vulgar Latintrinicarecut into three parts; cut in three parts
7Latintrininominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive...
8Latintresthree; 3
9EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
10Middle Englishthrethree
11Old Englishþrīthree
12Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
13Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
14Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes