trench- root words — words with the trench- root

The root trench- comes from Latin trunco, meaning cut, lop. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including entrench, entrenched, truncation, trenchant, entrenchment, retrench, retrenched, retrenching, retrenchment. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the trench- root

Explore words with trench- — words containing the trench- root and sharing its sense of "cut, lop". Examples include entrench, entrenched, truncation, trenchant, entrenchment, retrench, retrenched, retrenching, retrenchment. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The trench- root means cut, lop, from Latin trunco. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.