Where does “inverisimilitude” come from?
inverisimilitude (English) comes from English verisimilitude, from Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin verisimilitudo, from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic wēros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.
inverisimilitude (English): Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood;...
Definitions
- Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood;...
Ancestry of “inverisimilitude”, step by step
inverisimilitude traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English verisimilitude
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | verisimilitude | The property of seeming true, of resembling... |
| 2 | Middle French | vérisimilitude | — |
| 3 | Latin | verisimilitudo | true likeness; verisimilitude |
| 4 | Latin | vērus | true, real, actual conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wēros | true |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁ros | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁- | true |