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- fiduciary



[fiduciary 词源字典] - fiduciary: see faith
[fiduciary etymology, fiduciary origin, 英语词源] - fiduciary (adj.)




- 1640s, "holding something in trust," from Latin fiduciarius "entrusted, held in trust," from fiducia "trust, confidence, reliance;" in law, "a deposit, pledge, security," from root of fidere "to trust" (see faith). In Roman law, fiducia was "a right transferred in trust;" paper currency sense (1878) is because its value depends on the trust of the public. As a noun, "one who holds something in trust," from 1630s.