Where does “veracity” come from?
Veracity comes from Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin veracitas, from Latin verax meaning "truthful," derived from verus meaning "true," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- meaning "to turn or bend."
veracity (English): The quality of speaking or stating the truth;...
Definitions
- The quality of speaking or stating the truth;...
Ancestry of “veracity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | véracité | — |
| 2 | Old French | veracitie | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | veracitas | truthfulness |
| 4 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |