truce
English
/tɹuːs/, /tɹus/
noun
Definitions
- a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
- an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trewes inherited from Old English trēowa inherited from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (fidelity, pledge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trewwō
Gloss
fidelity, pledge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breaker English
- trucebreaker English
- truceless English
- trucial English
- untruced English
- treuga Latin
- Nibelungentreue German
- Rechtstreue German
- Treue German
- Untreue German
- treulos German
- buitentrouw Dutch, Flemish
- hondstrouw Dutch, Flemish
- ontrouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouwen Dutch, Flemish
- trêve French
- atreguar Spanish, Castilian
- tregua Spanish, Castilian
- *drewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewwō Proto-Germanic
- trēowa Old English
- trewes Middle English
- trú Old Norse
- autoritetstro Danish
- betro Danish
- heksetro Danish
- overtro Danish
- tro Danish
- trolig Danish
- troværdig Danish
- vantro Danish
- trouwe Middle Dutch
- triuwa Old High German
- triuwe Middle High German
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *treuwu gmw-pro
- trouwe Middle Low German
- treuwa Old Saxon
- *treuwa Frankish
- tro Old Danish