Where does “trompe l'œil” come from?

trompe l'œil (English) comes from French trompe-l'œil, from French trompe, from Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

trompe l'œil (English): Alternative spelling of trompe l’oeil

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of trompe l’oeil

Ancestry of “trompe l'œil”, step by step

trompe l'œil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French trompe-l'œil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrompe-l'œiltrompe l’oeil
2Frenchtrompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
3Middle Frenchtrompe—
4Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
5Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet

via French d’

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchd’of
Every word from Frankish trumpa →Every word from Old French trompe →Every word from Middle French trompe →