Where does “Trump” come from?

Trump (English) comes from Middle English trumpe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

Trump (English): The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others

Definitions

  1. The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others

Ancestry of “Trump”, step by step

Trump traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English trumpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtrumpeA trumpet, horn, or similar musical instrument;...
2Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
3Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet

via German Trump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrump—
2Middle High Germantrumbedrum

Words derived from “Trump”

Every word from Frankish trumpa →