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