PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The reviewed history continues Middle English trewes from Old English trēow “fidelity” inside an inherited Germanic pledge branch.
/truːs/ · noun
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; inherited through a Middle English plural of a word for agreement or pledge.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Supplies the inherited English route.
Etymology: Middle English from Old English trēowIndependently supplies the same route.
Headword etymologyNo French donor edge is drawn.