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

  1. a card game originating in 15th-century eastern Spain

Ancestry of “Truc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantrucknock; call, ring; hit
2Spanishtrucotrick, gimmick, ploy; trick; catch, gimmick
3Frenchtrucprocedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...
4Middle Frenchtructrick; deception
5Old Frenchtruttrick
6Old Occitantruchit; strike
7Old Occitantrucarto hit; to strike
8Vulgar Latintrudicare
9Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
11Proto-Italictroudōthrust
12Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd-Every word from Proto-Italic troudōEvery word from Latin trudo