Etymology

faro

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Today it means: A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack. Full definition →

French pharaon
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faro · noun1

  1. French · derived frompharaon
  2. English todayfaro

Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

Faro · proper noun2

  1. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromFaaron
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromFaro
  3. English todayFaro

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

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