Where does “retrucar” come from?
retrucar (Galician) comes from Galician trucar, from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare, from Latin trudere, from Latin trudo, from Proto-Italic troudō, from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.
retrucar (Galician): to retort, reply
Ancestry of “retrucar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | trucar | to bang head with head; to knock; to charge |
| 2 | Old Occitan | trucar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 4 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |