English
trend
Trend comes from Middle English trenden ‘to roll about, turn, revolve’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *trandijan.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*trandijan‘to turn’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150trendan‘to roll about’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trenden‘to roll about’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616trend
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*trandijan‘to turn’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150trendan‘to roll about’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trenden‘to roll about’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616trend
Earliest quotation: 1616, William Browne, The Fourth Song: “Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan
Today it means
noun An inclination in a particular direction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *trandijan / trend