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Truce — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Was truce borrowed from French?
No. The reviewed history continues Middle English trewes from Old English trēow “fidelity” inside an inherited Germanic pledge branch.
Headword etymologyIndependently supplies the same route.
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Was truce historically singular all the way back?
No. Modern singular truce continues Middle English trewes, explicitly analyzed as a plural of trewe “agreement.”
Etymology: Middle English trewes, pl. of treweIndependently supports the reanalysis.
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truce → trewes
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern singular truce continues Middle English trewes after the inherited plural was reanalyzed as a singular form.
- MEANING
- Agreements or pledges specialize as a temporary suspension of hostilities.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword etymologyIndependently documents the plural-to-singular route.
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