Where does “truthiness” come from?
truthiness (English) comes from English truthy, from English truth, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής — passed , crossed.
truthiness (English): Truthfulness; Superficial or asserted...
Definitions
- Truthfulness; Superficial or asserted...
Ancestry of “truthiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truthy | Faithful; true; Only superficially true; that is... |
| 2 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 3 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 4 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 5 | Old French | truite | — |
| 6 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |