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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

  1. Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood;...

Ancestry of “inverisimilitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishverisimilitudeThe property of seeming true, of resembling...
2Middle Frenchvérisimilitude—
3Latinverisimilitudotrue likeness; verisimilitude
4Latinvērus—
5Proto-Italicwērostrue
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →