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Where does “vere” come from?

vere (Italian) comes from Italian vera, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

vere (Italian): feminine plural of vero; plural of vera

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of vero; plural of vera

Ancestry of “vere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēns—
5Proto-Italicmentis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →