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Where does “triumphe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “triumphe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “triumphe”

  • trump
  • overtrump
  • nontrump
  • outtrump
  • undertrump
  • trumplike
  • betrump
  • トランプ
  • trumpo
  • tromp
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