Etymology

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Today it means: Pertaining to the Republican Party in the United States, under the actual and philosophical leadership of Donald Trump. Full definition →

English Trump ← French républicain ← Middle French republique
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  3. Proto-Italic*reis
  4. Latinrēs
  5. Proto-Italic*poplos
  6. Old Latinpoplus
  7. Old Latinpoplicus
  8. Latinpūblicus
  9. Latinpūblica
  10. Latinrēspūblica
  11. Latinrēpūblicā
  12. Middle Frenchrepublique
  13. Englishrepublic
  14. Frenchrépublicain
  15. Englishrepublican
  16. EnglishRepublican
  17. EnglishTrump
  18. English todayRetrumplican

Blend of Republican (“the U.S. Republican Party”) + Trump (“Donald Trump”). From the takeover of the Republican Party by Donald Trump.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.