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

  1. True; Truthful; speaking the truth

Ancestry of “veracious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērāxtruthful
2Latin-āxish, -y
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “veracious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →