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Where does “truc” come from?

truc (French) comes 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, from Proto-Italic troudō — to push, to thrust.

truc (French): procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...

Definitions

  1. procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...

Ancestry of “truc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “truc”

  • truquito
  • truco
  • trucar
  • трюк
  • keutru
  • trucmuche
  • keut
  • truque
  • truc
  • trükk
  • trükkök
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd- →