Where does “inveracity” come from?
inveracity (English) comes from English veracity, from Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin veracitas, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
inveracity (English): A lack of veracity; untruth, falsehood
Definitions
- A lack of veracity; untruth, falsehood
Ancestry of “inveracity”, step by step
inveracity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English veracity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | veracity | The quality of speaking or stating the truth;... |
| 2 | Middle French | véracité | — |
| 3 | Old French | veracitie | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | veracitas | truthfulness |
| 5 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |