Truncated
/trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/noun
Cut short or shortened by removing the end or a part.
Did you know?The root behind *truncated* ultimately goes back to Latin *truncus*, meaning a tree trunk or a body cut off at the stump—so the word carries an ancient image of something violently shortened.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*treu̯-
“To cut, beat, or strike (proposed ancestral root behind the Latin family)”
Latin
Latin
truncus
“A trunk, stump, or mutilated body part”
Latin
Latin
truncāre
“To cut off, lop, maim”
Middle English
English
truncaten
“To shorten by cutting off the end”
Modern English
English
truncated
“Cut short or shortened by removing part of something”
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