Where does “trucar” come from?

trucar (Occitan) comes 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.

trucar (Occitan): to hit; to strike

Definitions

  1. to hit; to strike

Ancestry of “trucar”, step by step

trucar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan trucar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrucarto hit; to strike
2Vulgar Latintrudicare
3Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
5Proto-Italictroudōthrust
6Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

via Vulgar Latin trudico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatintrudicoI shove, strike

Words derived from “trucar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd-Every word from Proto-Italic troudōEvery word from Latin trudo