Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To trust or believe. · To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTrust or faith.
From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”). Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiontrowenenm
- Inherited-form mentiontrēowanang
- Inherited-form mentiontrūwianang · to trust, confide
- Inherited-form mention*trewwānągem-pro · to trust
- Inherited-form mention*trūwānągem-pro · to trust
- Derivation mention*drew-ine-pro · faithful, true
- Cognate mentiontrowsco
- Cognate mentiontrouwennl · to wed, marry
- Cognate mentiontrauende · to trust, marry
- Cognate mentiontrosv · to believe, think
- Cognate mentiontrunn · to believe, think
- Cognate mentiontrúais · to trust, believe, believe in
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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