entrustment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-bor.

Middle English en-

English en-

English trust

English entrust

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English entrustment

From entrust + -ment.

Noun

entrustment (countable and uncountable, plural entrustments)

1. the act of entrusting

   Synonym: consignment

Derived terms

• negligent entrustment
• reentrustment
• re-entrustment

Translations

the act of entrusting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 委托 (zh) (wěituō)

• Irish: tiomnú m
• Japanese: 信託 (ja) (しんたく, shintaku)