Where does “trozo” come from?
trozo (Spanish) comes from Portuguese troço, from Portuguese troçar, from Latin tortiare, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
trozo (Spanish): piece
Definitions
- piece
Ancestry of “trozo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | troço | piece, fragment; section, leg; turd |
| 2 | Portuguese | troçar | to mock, to ridicule |
| 3 | Latin | tortiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |