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
- True; genuine
Ancestry of “veritable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | véritable | true; real; not fake |
| 2 | Old French | veritable | true; real; not fake |
| 3 | Latin | vēritābilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | vēritās | truth, truthfulness, verity |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |