Where does “truant” come from?

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

Ancestry of “truant”, step by step

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

Words derived from “truant”

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