Where does “truantry” come from?
truantry (English) comes from English truant, from Middle English truant, from Old French truant, from Gaulish trugan.
truantry (English): truancy
Definitions
- truancy
Ancestry of “truantry”, step by step
truantry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English truant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truant | Absent without permission, especially from... |
| 2 | Middle English | truant | — |
| 3 | Old French | truant | vagabond, beggar; a vagabond, beggar, rogue",... |
| 4 | Gaulish | trugan | — |
via English ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |