myEtymology.com: French etymology of triomphe

1. Etymology of the French word triomphe

the French word triomphe

derived from the Latin word triumphus (triumph, victory parade)

derived from the Old Latin word triumpus

Dutch triomf, English triumph, German Triumph, Italian trionfo, Latin triumphus, Lithuanian triumfas, Norwegian triumf, Polish triumf, Russian триyмф, Spanish triunfo, Swedish triumf

derived from the French word triomphe

derived from the French word précédent

derived from the Latin word praecedens

derived from the Latin word praecedere (go before, precede; surpass)

derived from the Latin word cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ked- (to yield)

using the Latin prefix prae-

derived from the Latin word prae (in front of; before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *prai-