SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Tree — American Heritage Dictionary
Supplies the tree ancestry.
Etymology: Old English trēow in the tree branch- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 238
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Is tree the literal ancestor of true?
No. Tree and true share the reconstructed *deru- family but travel through different Germanic formations and different senses.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 238
tree
/triː/ · noun
A perennial woody plant; inherited through Old English trēow and Germanic *trewam from the firmness-and-wood branch of *deru-.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02supportshistorical dictionary
True — American Heritage Dictionary
States the deep relationship without direct descent.
Word History: true and tree joined at the root- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- American Heritage’s word history and root appendix publish the parallel branches.
The graph joins them at *deru- only.