The story
- Latin · derived fromāverruncāre“to avert”
- English todayaverruncate
From Latin āverruncāre (“to avert”), from āb (“off”) + verruncāre (“to turn”), but interpreted as being āb + ēruncāre (“to weed out”), and spelled accordingly.
Words from the same roots
Latināverruncāre all →
aberuncate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.