triumph English · revision 13535

− It is [[bor|fro|triumphe|t=achievement, conquest]] (modern triomphe),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a learned borrowing of Latin triumphus, earlier triumpus,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) probably through Etruscan from Greek [[m|grc|θρίαμβος|tr=thríambos|t=hymn to Dionysus]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) itself perhaps a loan from a pre-Greek language.^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster derives triumpus from triumpe!, a shout repeated at a Roman ceremony.^(MWU 2024) Old English already had triumpha.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)