From Middle English mistrowen, mistreowen, from Old English *mistrēowan, mistrīwan, equivalent to mis- + trow. Cognate with Dutch mistrouwen ("to mistrust"), German misstrauen ("to mistrust"), Icelandic mistrúa ("to mistrow, mistrust").
From Middle English mistrowe, from mistrowen. See above.
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