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Where does “trewwō” come from?

trewwō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

trewwō (Proto-Germanic): fidelity, pledge

Definitions

  1. fidelity, pledge

Ancestry of “trewwō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “trewwō”

  • true
  • tree
  • trough
  • untrue
  • truism
  • treebeard
  • treeless
  • subtree
  • treetop
  • truely
  • treehouse
  • trew
  • untruly
  • quadtree
  • truing
  • octree
  • treelike
  • troo
  • rooftree
  • axletree
  • treelined
  • treeling
  • treebank
  • supertree
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