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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesetrucoTruco card game
2Spanishtrucotrick, gimmick, ploy; trick; catch, gimmick
3Frenchtrucprocedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...
4Middle Frenchtructrick; deception
5Old Frenchtruttrick
6Old Occitantruchit; strike
7Old Occitantrucarto hit; to strike
8Vulgar Latintrudicare
9Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
11Proto-Italictroudōthrust
12Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

via Portuguese truque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetruquetrick
2EnglishtruckA small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel...
3EnglishtruckleA small wheel; a caster or pulley; A small wheel...
4Middle Englishtrokelcaster, wheel, roller
5Anglo-Normantrocle
6Medieval Latintrochleaa block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys;...
7Ancient Greekτροχιλία
8Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Portuguese truca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetruca
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd-Every word from Proto-Italic troudōEvery word from Latin trudo