Where does “troza” come from?

troza (Spanish) comes from Spanish trozar, from Spanish trozo, from Portuguese troço, from Portuguese troçar, from Latin tortiare, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

troza (Spanish): sawn trunk for removing boards

Definitions

  1. sawn trunk for removing boards

Ancestry of “troza”, step by step

troza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish trozar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtrozarto cut up, chop up
2Spanishtrozopiece
3Portuguesetroçopiece, fragment; section, leg; turd
4Portuguesetroçarto mock, to ridicule
5Latintortiare
6Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Italian trozza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrozzaparrel, gooseneck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin tortus