Where does “trukkatur” come from?

trukkatur (Maltese) comes from Italian truccatore, from Italian truccare, from French truquer, from French truc, from Middle French truc, from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, from Old Occitan trucar — to push, to thrust.

trukkatur (Maltese): make-up artist

Definitions

  1. make-up artist

Ancestry of “trukkatur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantruccatoremake-up artist
2Italiantruccareto fix or rig; to change the appearance or...
3Frenchtruquerto tamper with, to fiddle, to falsify; to trick;...
4Frenchtrucprocedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...
5Middle Frenchtructrick; deception
6Old Frenchtruttrick
7Old Occitantruchit; strike
8Old Occitantrucarto hit; to strike
9Vulgar Latintrudicare
10Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
12Proto-Italictroudōthrust
13Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd-Every word from Proto-Italic troudōEvery word from Latin trudo