Latin
truncus
‘maimed, mangled, mutilated’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin truncus.
13 English words in this record descend from Latin truncus, most familiar first.
- trunk ← tronke ← tronc
- trench ← trenche ← trenchier ← *trinicāre ← truncō
- trenchant ← trenchier ← *trinicāre ← truncō
- truncation ← truncātiō ← truncō
- truncate ← truncātus ← truncō
- truncheon ← tronchoun ← tronchon ← *troncionem
- retrench ← retranchier ← trenchier ← *trinicāre ← truncō
- truncus
- detruncate ← dētruncātus ← dētruncō ← truncō
- obtruncate ← obtruncātus ← obtruncō ← truncō
- trinchado ← trinchar ← trancher ← trenchier ← *trinicāre
- tronk ← tronco
More words from truncus
Etymograph / Latin truncus