Etymology

untrue

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Today it means: False; not true. Full definition →

Middle English untrewe ← Old English untrīewe ← Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*drewH-
  5. Proto-Germanic*triwwiz
  6. Proto-Germanic*untriwwiz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*untriuwī
  8. Old Englishuntrīewe
  9. Middle Englishuntrewe
  10. English todayuntrue

From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

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