Etymograph

English

topdeck

From top + deck.

A compound of top + deck

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Proto-Germanic *þakjaną

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Old Dutch thecken ‘to cover’

Middle Dutch decken ‘to roof’

Middle Dutch dec ‘roof’

Middle English dekke

English deck

Today it means

verb To draw (a card) from one's deck and play it on the same turn.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “topdeck”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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