Where does “trensiwr” come from?
trensiwr (Welsh) comes from Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre.
trensiwr (Welsh): trencher
Definitions
- trencher
Ancestry of “trensiwr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trenchour | A cutting tool; a knife or blade |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | trenchour | cutter |
| 3 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 5 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 6 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 7 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 8 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 9 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |