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Where does “verisimilitude” come from?

verisimilitude (French) comes from Latin verisimilitudo, from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic wēros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

verisimilitude (French): verisimilitude

Definitions

  1. verisimilitude

Ancestry of “verisimilitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverisimilitudotrue likeness; verisimilitude
2Latinvērus—
3Proto-Italicwērostrue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →