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Where does “triomphe” come from?

triomphe (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin triumphus, from Etruscan ???????, from Old Latin triumpus.

Ancestry of “triomphe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintriumphusa hymn in honor of Bacchus; "triumpe"; the Roman...
2Etruscan???????—
3Old Latintriumpus—

Words derived from “triomphe”

  • Trumpf
  • troef
  • aftroeven
  • troeven
  • troefkaart
  • trumf
Every word from Old Latin triumpus →