Etymology

trencher

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Today it means: A plate on which food is served or cut. Full definition →

Middle English trenchour ← Anglo-Norman trenchour ← Old Northern French trencheor
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  1. Old Northern French · derived fromtrencheor
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtrenchour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtrenchour
  4. English todaytrencher

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

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