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Where does “veritas” come from?

veritas (English) comes from Latin vēritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

veritas (English): Truth, particularly of a transcendent character

Definitions

  1. Truth, particularly of a transcendent character

Ancestry of “veritas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēritās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →