English
trinxat
Trinxat comes from Catalan trinxar ‘to slice’, and goes back to Old French trenchier ‘to cut’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400trenchier1‘to cut’
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttrinxar2‘to slice’
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttrinxat2past participle of trinxar
- Englishtodaytrinxat2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Catalan trinxar
- 2 Wiktionary, English trinxat
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400trenchierWiktionary, Catalan trinxar‘to cut’
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttrinxarWiktionary, English trinxat‘to slice’
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttrinxatWiktionary, English trinxatpast participle of trinxar
- EnglishtodaytrinxatWiktionary, English trinxat
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- ‘to carve, cut off, trim’
sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcoma, retrenchment, 13 more
through Latin truncus ‘trunk, shaft, main part’
through Latin truncō ‘to truncate’
through Vulgar Latin *trinicāre ‘cut in three parts’
through Old French trenchier ‘to cut’
Today it means
noun A Catalan dish of cabbage, potato and pork, resembling bubble and squeak.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “trinxat”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Catalan trinxar. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Old French trenchier / trinxat