Where does “vera” come from?
vera (Ido) 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.
vera (Ido): true
Definitions
- true
Ancestry of “vera”, step by step
vera traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French vrai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 2 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 3 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Italian vero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vero | true; real, genuine; truth |
| 2 | Italian | O | west |
| 3 | Latin | aut | or |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *auti | either, or |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewti | on the other hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |