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Where does “veritable” come from?

Veritable comes from Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis, formed from Latin veritas and the suffix -abilis meaning capable of being.

veritable (English): True; genuine

Definitions

  1. True; genuine

Ancestry of “veritable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvéritable—
2Old Frenchveritabletrue; real; not fake
3Latinvēritābilis—
4Latinvēritās—
5Latin-tās—
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “veritable”

  • veritably
  • veritableness
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