Where does “trucar” come from?
trucar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese truco, from Spanish truco, from French truc, from Middle French truc, from Old French trut, from Old Occitan truc, from Old Occitan trucar, from Vulgar Latin trudicare — to push, to thrust.
trucar (Portuguese): to make the first bid in the game of Truco
Definitions
- to make the first bid in the game of Truco
Ancestry of “trucar”, step by step
trucar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese truco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | truco | Truco card game |
| 2 | Spanish | truco | trick, gimmick, ploy; trick; catch, gimmick |
| 3 | French | truc | procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;... |
| 4 | Middle French | truc | trick; deception |
| 5 | Old French | trut | trick |
| 6 | Old Occitan | truc | hit; strike |
| 7 | Old Occitan | trucar | to hit; to strike |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | trudicare | — |
| 9 | Latin | trudere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | trudo | I thrust, push or shove |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | troudō | thrust |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | trewd- | to push, to thrust |
via Portuguese truque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | truque | trick |
| 2 | English | truck | A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel... |
| 3 | English | truckle | A small wheel; a caster or pulley; A small wheel... |
| 4 | Middle English | trokel | caster, wheel, roller |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | trocle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | trochlea | a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τροχιλία | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Portuguese truca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | truca | — |