tranche

The story

1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*trinicāre“cut in three parts”
2. Old French · derived fromtrenchier“cut, make a cut”
3. French · borrowed fromtranche
4. English todaytranche

Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.

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