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Where does “triumphe” come from?

triumphe (Middle French) comes from Old French triumphe, from Latin triumphus, from Ancient Greek θρίαμβος — thriambus; A translation for Latin triumphus.

Ancestry of “triumphe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtriumphe—
2Latintriumphusa hymn in honor of Bacchus; "triumpe"; the Roman...
3Ancient Greekθρίαμβοςthriambus; A translation for Latin triumphus
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