English
truncation
Truncation comes from Late Latin truncātiō ‘maiming, mutilating’, and goes back to Latin truncus ‘trunk, shaft, main part’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncus‘trunk, shaft, main part’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncōas truncāre‘to maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtruncātiō‘maiming, mutilating’
- Englishtodaytruncation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncus‘trunk, shaft, main part’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncōas truncāre‘to maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtruncātiō‘maiming, mutilating’
- Englishtodaytruncation
Equivalent to truncate + -ion
Latin truncus ‘trunk, shaft, main part’
Latin truncō ‘maim, reduce to a trunk’
Latin truncātus ‘maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by…’
English truncate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- ‘to carve, cut off, trim’
sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcoma, retrenchment, 15 more
through Latin truncus ‘trunk, shaft, main part’
trunk, trenchant, truncheon, 8 more
through Latin truncō ‘to maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces’
Today it means
noun The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin truncus / truncation