Where does β€œtreague” come from?

treague (English) comes from Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ°, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

treague (English): A truce

Definitions

  1. A truce

Ancestry of β€œtreague”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintreugaβ€”
2Gothicπ„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ°pledge, covenant, testament; Nominative and...
3Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-β€”
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drewo- β†’Every word from Proto-Germanic trewwō β†’Every word from Gothic π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ° β†’
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