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START / NODE 714Present-Day English13th century–today
truce
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; inherited through a Middle English plural of a word for agreement or pledge.
“A truce began as pledges or agreements: its ceasefire sense is rooted in fidelity, not in exhaustion from fighting.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishtruce
temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement
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Middle English · Middle Englishtrewesagreements, pledges
- SOUND CHANGE
- Modern singular truce continues Middle English trewes after the inherited plural was reanalyzed as a singular form.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- Agreements or pledges specialize as a temporary suspension of hostilities.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- Merriam-Webster reports noun use in the thirteenth century.
2 CITATIONSTruce — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History and First Known Use Truce — American Heritage DictionaryHeadword etymology AUDIT CANONICAL EDGE 701 ↗
Supplies Middle English plural trewes and the thirteenth-century noun horizon.
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