Where does “truant” come from?

Truant comes from Old French truand, from Gaulish trugan, a word of uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.

truant (English): Absent without permission, especially from...

Definitions

  1. Absent without permission, especially from...

Ancestry of “truant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtruant—
2Old Frenchtruantvagabond, beggar; a vagabond, beggar, rogue",...
3Gaulishtrugan—

Words derived from “truant”

Every word from Gaulish trugan →Every word from Old French truant →Every word from Middle English truant →