Where does “truc” come from?
truc (Middle French) comes from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, 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.
Ancestry of “truc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | trut | — |
| 2 | Old Occitan | truc | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | trucar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 5 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |