trewe
Middle English
/ˈtrøːwə/, /ˈtriu̯(ə)/
adj
Definitions
- Faithful, loyal, trustworthy.
- Concerned about loyalty, honourable, lawful, righteous.
- Real, actual, true
- True, genuine (as opposed to being fake)
- Proper, correct, appropriate.
- Just, fair, equitable.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English trēowe (faithful, loyal, true) inherited from *triuwī inherited from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (true, faithful, loyal).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*triwwiz
Gloss
true, faithful, loyal
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Truebie English
- nontrue English
- semitrue English
- supertrue English
- troth 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
- atreguar Spanish, Castilian
- tregua Spanish, Castilian
- *drewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *triwwiz Proto-Germanic
- getreowe Old English
- ortreowe Old English
- treowe Old English
- treowlice Old English
- treowþ Old English
- trēowe Old English
- trēowlīċe Old English
- trēowþ Old English
- trīewe Old English
- trewely Middle English
- trouthe Middle English
- untrewe Middle English
- tryggr Old Norse
- triuwi Old High German
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *triuwī gmw-pro
- triuwa Old Saxon
- triuwi Old Saxon
- tru Tok Pisin
- tru Sranan Tongo
- drue Yola