Etymograph

English

truncus

Truncus comes from Latin truncus ‘tree trunk’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncus1‘tree trunk’
  2. Englishtodaytruncus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English truncus

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtruncusWiktionary, English truncus‘tree trunk’
  2. EnglishtodaytruncusWiktionary, English truncus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- ‘to cut’

sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcoma, retrenchment, trenchant, 16 more

through Latin truncus ‘tree trunk’

trunk, trench, 10 more

Today it means

noun The thorax of an insect.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “truncus”. 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 / Latin truncus / truncus

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