Etymology

untrust

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Today it means: Lack or absence of trust; mistrust. Full definition →

Middle English untrust
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untrust · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromuntrust
  2. English todayuntrust

From Middle English untrust, untrost, untrist, likely from un- + trust. Cognate with Icelandic útraust (“untrust”). Compare also Swedish otro (“lack of faith, disbelief”).

untrust · adjective, verb2

  1. Old Norse · derived fromútraustr“untrustworthy”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromuntrust
  3. English todayuntrust

From Middle English untrust, untriste, probably from Old Norse útraustr (“untrustworthy”). Cognate with Icelandic útraustur.

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