Tru(e) [True, Tru]

Morpheme

Tru(e) [True, Tru]

Type

free base

Denotation

not false, consistent with fact, real, genuine

Etymology

Middle English treu, trewe, treowe; Old English trēowe, trīewe

Evidence

true, truer, truest, truism, truce, trueness, truth, truthful, truthfully, truthfulness, truly, untrue

Notes

truth and troth are doublets

See Also

Trust, Tro