Etymograph

English

troncmaster

From tronc + master.

A compound of tronc + master

French tronc des pauvres ‘poor box’

English tronc

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

English master

Today it means

noun The person in charge of a tronc (pool of earnings).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “troncmaster”. 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 / troncmaster