The English word truth is from Old English trÃ ewÃ 3\/4 , trÃ owÃ 3\/4 , trÃ 1\/2 wÃ 3\/4 , Middle English trewÃ 3\/4 e. Aristotle said : â To say of what is that it is not , or of what is not that it is , is false , while to say of what is that it is , and of what is not that it is not , is trueâ . The English word truth is from Old English trÃ ewÃ 3\/4 , trÃ owÃ 3\/4 , trÃ 1\/2 wÃ 3\/4 , Middle English trewÃ 3\/4 e , cognate to Old High German triuwida , Old Norse tryggÃ .