Truncation
/trʌŋˈkeɪʃən/noun
The act or result of shortening something by cutting off a part.
Did you know?Truncation ultimately comes from Latin truncare, “to maim” or “lopp off,” from truncus, meaning “maimed” or “lopped,” a root that gives English words for stump-like severing and abrupt cutting short.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*treug-
“to break, crush, or wound”
Latin
Latin
truncus
“maimed, lopped, or cut off; a stump”
Latin
Latin
truncāre
“to cut off, maim, or lop”
Late Latin
Latin
truncātiō
“a cutting off or shortening”
Middle French
Old French
troncation
“an act of truncating or shortening”
Modern English
English
truncation
“the act or result of shortening by cutting off part of something”