truncus

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) lopped, docked
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) maimed, mangled, mutilated

Noun

1. (declension-2, masculine) tree trunk
2. (declension-2, masculine) a piece cut off
3. (declension-2, derogatory, figuratively, masculine) blockhead, dunce, dolt
4. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) the thorax of an insect
5. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) trunk, torso
6. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) an arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus

Konzepte

Stamm

Baumstamm

Rumpf

stumpf

Torso

Bauch

Stumpf

Körper

Oberkörper

Synonyme

caudex

stipes

Übersetzungen

tronco

κορμός

tronco

tronc

tronco

stam

tronc

qurm

trunk

boomstam

tree trunk

جذع

body

busto

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˈtrʊŋ.kʊs]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx), Old Irish tru, troich (“fated to die”) and Latin trux and Proto-Slavic *strǫkъ.