trêve
French
noun
Definitions
- (military) truce
- (sports) midwinter break
- rest, respite
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *treuwa.
Origin
Frankish
*treuwa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- truce English
- trucebreaker English
- truceless English
- trucial English
- untruced English
- tregua Italian
- buitentrouw Dutch, Flemish
- hondstrouw Dutch, Flemish
- ontrouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouwen Dutch, Flemish
- trewes Middle English
- trieve Old French
- trouwe Middle Dutch
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *treuwa Frankish