Trude
/truːd/noun
An obsolete English verb meaning to push, thrust, or force forward.
Did you know?“Trude” survives mainly inside words such as “intrude,” “extrude,” and “protrude,” all built from Latin *trudere*, “to thrust or push.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*trewd-
“To push, press, or thrust; a reconstructed Indo-European root.”
Classical Latin
Latin
trūdō / trūdere
“To thrust, push, drive, or force out.”
Late Latin
Latin
trūdĕre
“To push or thrust, giving rise to numerous prefixed verbs.”
Middle English
English
truden
“To thrust, push, or drive forward; an obsolete verb.”
Modern English
English
trude
“An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to thrust or force forward.”