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Where does “trucar” come from?

trucar (Spanish) comes 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, from Latin trudere — to push, to thrust.

trucar (Spanish): to tune up, soup up; to rig

Definitions

  1. to tune up, soup up; to rig

Ancestry of “trucar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtrucotrick, gimmick, ploy; trick; catch, gimmick
2Frenchtrucprocedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing;...
3Middle Frenchtruc—
4Old Frenchtrut—
5Old Occitantruc—
6Old Occitantrucar—
7Vulgar Latintrudicare—
8Latintruderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9LatintrudoI thrust, push or shove
10Proto-Italictroudōthrust
11Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
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