truncheon

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtruncus
2. Late Latin · derived from*troncionem
3. Old French · derived fromtronchon“thick stick”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtronchoun
5. English todaytruncheon

From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.

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