Trunk

Morpheme

Trunk

Type

free base

Denotation

lopped, docked, piece cut off, torso, thorax

Etymology

Middle English tronke, trunke; Old French tronc; Latin truncus

Evidence

trunk, trunked, trunking, trunkless, trunklid, trunklike, trunks, trunky

Notes

trunk, truncus, and tronk are doublets

See Also

Trunc, Tronk