Truck Definition
Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.
Origin of Truck
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From Middle English truken, troken, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint"), from Proto-Germanic *trukōnÄ… (“to fail, miss, lack"), from Proto-Indo-European *dereu-, *derwu- (“to tear, wrap, reap"), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split"). Cognate with Middle Low German troggelen (“to cheat, deceive, swindle"), Dutch troggelen (“to extort"), German dialectal truggeln (“to flatter, fawn").
From Wiktionary
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From dialectal truck, truk, trokk, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Norwegian dialectal trokka, trakka (“to stamp, trample, go to and fro"), Danish trykke (“to press, press down, crush, squeeze"). More at thrutch.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English trukien, from unrecorded Anglo-Norman and Old French words (attested in mediaeval Latin trocare, present Spanish trocar), of Unknown origin.
From Wiktionary
Short for truckle or from Latin trochus iron hoop (from Greek trokhos wheel)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel").
From Wiktionary
Middle English trukien from Old North French troquer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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