Where does “veritably” come from?
Veritably comes from Middle French veritable, from Latin veritabilis meaning "capable of being true," derived from veritas meaning "truth" and the suffix -abilis.
veritably (English): In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and...
Definitions
- In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and...
Ancestry of “veritably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | verity | Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring... |
| 2 | Middle English | verite | — |
| 3 | Middle French | verité | truth |
| 4 | Old French | verité | truth |
| 5 | Latin | vēritās | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |