Etymology

trucker

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Today it means: One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat. Full definition →

Middle English *trukere
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trucker · noun, adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromtrukien“to fail, run out, disappoint”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*trukere“one who disappoints, a deceiver”
  3. English todaytrucker

From Middle English *trukere (“one who disappoints, a deceiver”), from Middle English trukien (“to fail, run out, disappoint”), equivalent to truck (“to fail”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Compare trooker.

trucker · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*drem-influ.
  3. Ancient Greekτρέχω (trékhō)
  4. Ancient Greekτροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
  5. Ancient Greekτροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)
  6. Medieval Latintrochlea
  7. Anglo-Normantrocle
  8. Middle Englishtrokel
  9. Englishtruckle?
  10. Englishtruck
  11. English todaytrucker

From truck (“a vehicle”) + -er (occupational suffix).

trucker · noun3

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*drem-influ.
  3. Ancient Greekτρέχω (trékhō)
  4. Ancient Greekτροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
  5. Ancient Greekτροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)
  6. Medieval Latintrochlea
  7. Anglo-Normantrocle
  8. Middle Englishtrokel
  9. Englishtruckle?
  10. Englishtruck
  11. English todaytrucker

From truck (“to barter, trade”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishtrukien all →

truck

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