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Where does “trȳw” come from?

trȳw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

trȳw (Old English): faith; pledge; agreement

Definitions

  1. faith; pledge; agreement

Ancestry of “trȳw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “trȳw”

  • true
  • untrue
  • truism
  • truely
  • trew
  • untruly
  • truing
  • troo
  • truelove
  • trueborn
  • trewth
  • untrew
  • supertrue
  • untrueness
  • nontrue
  • untruely
  • truesome
  • trueism
  • semitrue
  • truetone
  • tr00
  • untruism
  • Truebie
  • truisme
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