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Etymology The word "trump" derives from "trionfi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trionfi_(cards)" or "triumph", documented as the name of a card game in 1529 and which spawned the game Ruff and Honours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_and_Honours, which in turn led to Whist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whist.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump#cite_note-1 Trionfi was also the name of the original card game for which tarot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot cards were designed, and in it the tarot cards had the role of what are now called trumps; later card games, beginning with Triomphe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triomphe, started using one of the ordinary suits as a replacement for the tarots when a tarot pack was not available.
