Where does “verify” come from?
Verify comes from Old French verifier, from Latin verificare and verifico, from Latin facio meaning "to make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- and weh₁-.
verify (English): To substantiate or prove the truth of something;...
Definitions
- To substantiate or prove the truth of something;...
Ancestry of “verify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | verifier | to verify |
| 2 | Latin | vērificāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |