Where does “veracious” come from?
Veracious derives from Latin verax, meaning truthful, from the root verā- related to truth.
veracious (English): True; Truthful; speaking the truth
Definitions
- True; Truthful; speaking the truth
Ancestry of “veracious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vērāx | — |
| 2 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “veracious”