Where does “vraisemblable” come from?

vraisemblable (French) comes from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

vraisemblable (French): plausible, likely

Definitions

  1. plausible, likely

Ancestry of “vraisemblable”, step by step

vraisemblable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French vrai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvraitrue; real; truth
2Old Frenchveraireal; genuine
3Late Latinvērāgus
4Latinvērāxtruthful
5Latin-āxish, -y
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via French semblable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsemblablesimilar; something or someone that belongs to the...
2Frenchsemblerto seem, to resemble; to appear
3Middle Frenchsemblerto seem; to appear
4Old FrenchsemblerAlternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem
5Latinsimilārea fax machine
6Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
7Latinsimilissimilar
8Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “vraisemblable

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius