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Truth — 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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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 02GRADE Asupports
Truth began with firmness and fidelity.
Before truth centered factual correspondence, its family named what was firm, faithful, and steadfast.
*deru-
*deru- “firm” → *treuwaz “faithful” → trēowþ “fidelity” → truth
First Known Use, fidelity or constancy senseSupplies the early lexicographic horizon.
truth dossier ↗truth record ↗99UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
resolvedsupportsestablished
Was truth first only correspondence with fact?
No. Merriam-Webster reports the earliest located English use under fidelity or constancy, while modern truth also covers factual correspondence.
First Known Use: fidelity or constancy sense; definitionsDirectly separates the early reported horizon from the present factual senses.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 676supportsestablished
truth → trewthe
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern truth continues Middle English trewthe through English spelling and sound history.
- MEANING
- Fidelity and constancy coexist historically with sincerity and factual correspondence.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Word History, definitions, and First Known UseSupplies Middle English trewthe, current senses, and the early fidelity horizon.
EDGE 677supportsestablished
trewthe → trēowþ
Middle English → Old English · continuation
- SOUND
- Middle English trewthe continues Old English trēowþ.
- MEANING
- Loyalty, faith, and truth remain joined in the historical noun.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Middle English trewthe from Old English trēowthExplicitly supplies the English continuity.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
truthSOURCE-REPORTED
truth
Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for truth
OPEN WITNESS 158 ↗050
COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
No comparative-relative record currently cites this source.
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 3supports
England
Supplies the English route.
Etymology: Middle English trewthe from Old English trēowth · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Supplies the fidelity horizon and modern semantic range.
Definitions and First Known Use · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE
DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE
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