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Word Origins Dictionary
- intrude




- intrude: see abstruse
- antrum (n.)




- "a cave or cavity," late 14c., medical Latin, from Greek antron "cave."
- entrust (v.)




- also intrust, c. 1600, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trust (n.). Related: Entrusted; entrusting.
- Ermentrude




- fem. proper name, from Old High German Ermentrudis, from ermin "whole, universal" + trut "beloved, dear."
- intrude (v.)




- early 15c., back-formation from intrusion, or else from Latin intrudere "to thrust in" (see intrusion). Related: Intruded; intruding.
- intruder (n.)




- 1530s, agent noun from intrude. Originally legal.
- intrusion (n.)




- late 14c., from Old French intrusion (14c.), from Medieval Latin intrusionem (nominative intrusio) "a thrusting in," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin intrudere, from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + trudere "to thrust, push" (see extrusion).
- intrusive (adj.)




- c. 1400, from Latin intrus-, past participle stem of intrudere (see intrusion) + -ive. Related: Intrusively; intrusiveness.
- tantrum (n.)




- 1714, tanterum, originally colloquial, of unknown origin.
- untrue (adj.)




- Old English untreowe "unfaithful" (of persons), from un- (1) "not" + true (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetrouwe, Middle Low German ungetruwe, Old High German ungitriuwi, Old Norse utryggr. Meaning "contrary to facts" is attested from c. 1300.
- untrustworthy (adj.)




- 1846, from un- (1) "not" + trustworthy. Related: Untrustworthiness.
- untruth (n.)




- Old English untreowþ "unfaithfulness, treachery," from un- (1) "not" + truth (n.). Similar formation in Old Norse utrygð. Meaning "falsehood" is attested from mid-15c., as is that of "a lie." Related: Untruthful.