Etymology

truce

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Today it means: A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties. Full definition →

Middle English trewes ← Old English trēowa ← Proto-West Germanic *treuwu
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*trewwō
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*treuwu
  3. Old English · inherited fromtrēowa
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtrewes
  5. English todaytruce

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

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