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LetterT
Letter nametee
Pronounciation/tiː/


Definition for trust
Word:trust
Pronounciation:
Century:12th
DA Name:trust
Era:C.E.
Origin:Original
Type:Official
Source Language:Latin

Source Language Words:

From 12th Century Latin trausti = "an approved agreement, DEED, oath or alliance with/by the church". By 14th Century Old German trost, Dutch, troost, Norse traust all meaning "confidence, credit, belief, fidelity".
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Definition:

Its claimed origins from Old Norse is deliberately misleading. In its strictest sense, a trust is a fictional legal concept claimed to have independent existence--therefore a Trust does not exist unless some formal approval is given under the control of the Roman Cult is given to a particular agreement, deed, oath or alliance can be proven.