Etymology

truncation

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Today it means: The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus). Full definition →

Late Latin truncātiō ← Latin truncāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromtruncāre
  2. Late Latin · derived fromtruncātiō
  3. English todaytruncation

From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

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