Where does “verissimo” come from?

verissimo (Italian) comes from Italian vero, from Italian O, from Latin aut, from Proto-Italic *auti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

Ancestry of “verissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianverotrue; real, genuine; truth
2ItalianOwest
3Latinautor
4Proto-Italic*autieither, or
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewtion the other hand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
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