Where does “truncamiento” come from?

truncamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish truncar, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

truncamiento (Spanish): truncation

Definitions

  1. truncation

Ancestry of “truncamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtruncarto truncate, to cut off, to cut on one side: "El...
2LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
3Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-