tryst

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deru-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*traustą“trust, shelter”
3. Old Norse · derived fromtreysta“to make safe, secure”
4. Old French · derived fromtriste
5. Middle English · inherited fromtryst
6. English todaytryst

From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). Doublet of trust, see there for more.

Words from the same roots