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Where does “trusting” come from?

Trusting derives from English trust, from Middle English truste, from Old Norse traust, from Proto-Germanic traustą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning wood or tree, reflecting the sense of something solid and reliable.

trusting (English): Present participle and gerund of trust; inclined...

Definitions

  1. Present participle and gerund of trust; inclined...

Ancestry of “trusting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtrustyng—

Words derived from “trusting”

  • untrusting
  • trustingness
  • overtrusting
  • untrustingly
Every word from Middle English trustyng →