troth
English
/tɹəʊθ/, /tɹoʊθ/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An oath, pledge, or promise.
- (countable) Truth; something true.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English troth inherited from Old English trēowþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (contract, promise, covenant) suffix from English true.
Origin
English
true
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Truebie English
- betroth English
- betrothable English
- betrothal English
- betrothed English
- betrothen English
- betrothment English
- nontrue English
- plight English
- plighted English
- semitrue English
- supertrue English
- tell English
- tell-troth English
- trothless English
- trothplight English
- trothplighted English
- true English
- trueborn English
- trueful English
- trueism English
- truelove English
- truely English
- trueness English
- truesome English
- truetone English
- truing English
- truism English
- truly English
- truth English
- untrue English
- *drū- Proto-Indo-European
- *triwwiþō Proto-Germanic
- treowþ Old English
- trēowþ Old English
- bitrouthen Middle English
- trewe Middle English
- troth Middle English
- trouthe Middle English
- tryggð Old Norse
- trygð Old Norse
- tru Tok Pisin
- tru Sranan Tongo