Where does “Truc” come from?
Truc (English) comes from Catalan truc, from Spanish truco, from French truc, from Middle French truc, from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare — to push, to thrust.
Truc (English): a card game originating in 15th-century eastern Spain
Definitions
- a card game originating in 15th-century eastern Spain
Ancestry of “Truc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | truc | knock; call, ring; hit |
| 2 | Spanish | truco | trick, gimmick, ploy; trick; catch, gimmick |
| 3 | French | truc | procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;... |
| 4 | Middle French | truc | trick; deception |
| 5 | Old French | trut | trick |
| 6 | Old Occitan | truc | hit; strike |
| 7 | Old Occitan | trucar | to hit; to strike |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 9 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |