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True — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use

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2026
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EDGE 671supportsestablished

true → trewe

Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation

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Modern true continues Middle English trewe through regular English spelling and pronunciation history.
MEANING
Faithful and steadfast remain live senses beside factual accuracy.
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Word History and First Known Use

Supplies Middle English trewe, the Old English ancestry, current meanings, and the pre-twelfth-century horizon.

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trewe → trēowe

Middle English → Old English · continuation

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Middle English trewe continues Old English trēowe.
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Faithful, steadfast, and trustworthy remain central.
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Etymology: Middle English trewe from Old English trēowe

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gitriuwi

Old High German

Germanic faithful cognate

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