Etymology

trusty

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Today it means: Reliable or trustworthy. Full definition →

Middle English trusty
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtrusty
  2. English todaytrusty

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.