- betroth
[betroth 词源字典]
- betroth: see true
[betroth etymology, betroth origin, 英语词源] - betroth (v.)
- c. 1300, betrouthen, from bi-, here probably with a sense of "thoroughly," + Middle English treowðe "truth," from Old English treowðe "truth, a pledge" (see troth). Related: Betrothed; betrothing.