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Where does “trustee” come from?

Trustee comes from English trust, from Old Norse traust meaning firm or steadfast, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to be firm or solid.

trustee (English): A person to whom property is legally committed in...

Definitions

  1. A person to whom property is legally committed in...

Ancestry of “trustee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eeAdded to transitive verbs to form words meaning a...
2French-éeForming feminine nouns having the sense of...
3Middle French-ee—
4Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
5Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
6Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “trustee”

  • trusteeship
  • cotrustee
  • nontrustee
  • режиссёр
  • régisseur
  • Regisseur
  • reĝisoro
  • regisseur
  • filmregisseur
  • režiser
  • режисер
  • režisérka
  • režisér
  • режисер
  • ռեժիսոր
  • ดินแดนในภาวะทรัสตี
  • ภาวะทรัสตี
  • ทรัสตี
  • regisseur
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