Etymograph

English

trueborn

From true + born.

A compound of true + born

Proto-Indo-European *drewH- ‘firm’

Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ‘faithful’

Old English trēowe ‘faithful’

Middle English treowe

English true

Today it means

adj Genuinely by birth; legitimate.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trueborn”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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