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
- feminine plural of vero; plural of vera
Ancestry of “vere”, step by step
vere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian vera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vera | wedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;... |
| 2 | Italian | -mente | -wise, -ly, -ally |
| 3 | Latin | mente | ablative singular of mēns |
| 4 | Latin | mēns | mind |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 7 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
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 |