Where does “truncar” come from?

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

truncar (Spanish): to truncate, to cut off, to cut on one side: "El...

Definitions

  1. to truncate, to cut off, to cut on one side: "El...

Ancestry of “truncar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “truncar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ-