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• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

TRUNK (Fr. tronc, See also:

• LAT

Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)  , properly the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree from which the branches See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, especially the stem when stripped of the branches; hence, in a transferred sense, the main See also:

• PART

part of a human or See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• BODY

body without the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, arms or legs . It is from this last sense that the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk-See also:

• HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose " is derived . These were part of the typical male See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, consisting of a pair of large puffed and slashed over-hose, reaching from the See also:

• WAIST

waist to the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the thigh, the legs clad in the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long hose being thrust through them; the upper part of the body was covered by the See also:

• JERKIN

jerkin or jacket reaching to the thigh (see COSTUME) . The word " trunk " as applied to the elongated See also:

• PROBOSCIS

proboscis of the See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant is due to a mistaken confusion of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French trompe, See also:

• TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

trump, with " trunk " meaning the hollow stem of a tree . A somewhat obscure meaning of French tronc, i.e. an See also:

• ALMS

alms-See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box, has given rise to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use of " trunk " for a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of travellers' luggage .