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Where does “keutru” come from?

keutru (French) comes from French truc, from Middle French truc, from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare, from Latin trudere, from Latin trudo — to push, to thrust.

keutru (French): thing

Definitions

  1. thing

Ancestry of “keutru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrucprocedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...
2Middle Frenchtruc—
3Old Frenchtrut—
4Old Occitantruc—
5Old Occitantrucar—
6Vulgar Latintrudicare—
7Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
9Proto-Italictroudōthrust
10Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

Words derived from “keutru”

  • keut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd- →