Where does “truand” come from?

truand (Middle English) comes from Old French truand, from Gaulish trugan.

Ancestry of “truand”, step by step

truand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French truand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtruand—
2Gaulishtrugan—

via Old French truant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtruantvagabond, beggar; a vagabond, beggar, rogue",...
Every word from Gaulish trugan →Every word from Old French truand →