Etymology of the English word trust
the English word
trustderived from the Old Norse word
traustderived from the Old Norse word
traustderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deru-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*traust-Date
The earliest known usage of trust in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
distrust,
entrust,
trustee,
trustful,
trustification,
trustless,
trustor,
antitrust,
trustbuster,
trusty,
trusting,
mistrust,
trustedDerivations in other languages
Italian
anti-trust, Portuguese
truste, Spanish
trustUsage
Word found in Modern English
