Where does “bűvésztrükk” come from?
bűvésztrükk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian trükk, 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 — to push, to thrust.
bűvésztrükk (Hungarian): magic trick, sleight of hand, trick a remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment
Definitions
- magic trick, sleight of hand, trick a remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment
Ancestry of “bűvésztrükk”, step by step
bűvésztrükk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian trükk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | trükk | trick |
| 2 | French | truc | procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;... |
| 3 | Middle French | truc | trick; deception |
| 4 | Old French | trut | trick |
| 5 | Old Occitan | truc | hit; strike |
| 6 | Old Occitan | trucar | to hit; to strike |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 8 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |