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Truce — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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RANK 102GRADE Asupports
A truce was grammatically plural.
Modern singular truce continues Middle English trewes, the plural of an agreement noun from Old English trēow “fidelity.” A ceasefire is historically a set of pledged terms.
*deru-
*deru- → *drew-o- → *treuwō → trēow → trewe → trewes → truce
Etymology: trewes plural of trewe from trēow, fidelityPublishes the plural reanalysis and fidelity route.
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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.
Etymology: Middle English from Old English trēowSupplies the inherited English route.
resolvedsupportsestablished
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: trewes, plural of treweExplicitly marks the Middle English plural.
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EDGE 701supportsestablished
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
Word History and First Known UseSupplies Middle English plural trewes and the thirteenth-century noun horizon.
EDGE 702supportsestablished
trewes → trewe
Middle English → Middle English · inflectional reanalysis
- SOUND
- Middle English plural trewes is formed on singular trewe and later supplies the English singular truce.
- MEANING
- Multiple agreements or pledges furnish the form reanalyzed for one suspension of hostilities.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Middle English trewes, plural of treweExplicitly analyzes the inherited plural.
EDGE 703supportsestablished
trewe → trēow
Middle English → Old English · inheritance
- SOUND
- Middle English trewe continues Old English trēow in the pledge and fidelity sense.
- MEANING
- A pledge or agreement continues the older fidelity noun.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: trewe from Old English trēow, fidelitySupplies the pledge branch.
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England
Supplies the inherited plural route.
Etymology: Middle English trewes, plural of trewe, from Old English trēow · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Supplies the current sense and century horizon.
Definition and First Known Use · global070
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