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Trust — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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Was the exact donor of trust Old Norse traust?
Probably Scandinavian, perhaps Old Norse traust, but the reviewed authorities do not present the precise donor as certain.
Perhaps from Old Norse traustEstablishes the possible specific donor without certainty.
Did trust begin as a legal property arrangement?
No. The historical noun centers on confidence and reliance; legal trust is one later semantic institution within the word’s wider range.
Headword definitionsIndependently documents the confidence core.
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trust → truste
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern trust continues Middle English truste through regular English form history.
- MEANING
- Confidence and assured reliance remain central while legal and institutional senses develop alongside them.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword etymologyIndependently documents the Middle English noun.
truste → traust
Middle English → Old Norse · borrowing
- SOUND
- Middle English truste is probably borrowed from Scandinavian, perhaps specifically Old Norse traust.
- MEANING
- Confidence and firmness enter the English trust noun.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: perhaps from Old Norse traustIndependently uses cautious donor language.
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Scandinavian linguistic horizon
Supports the possible specific donor.
Perhaps Old Norse traust · broadNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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