Where does “verisimilitudo” come from?

verisimilitudo (Latin) comes from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic wēros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

verisimilitudo (Latin): true likeness; verisimilitude

Definitions

  1. true likeness; verisimilitude

Ancestry of “verisimilitudo”, step by step

verisimilitudo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vērus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērustrue, real, actual conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct
2Proto-Italicwērostrue
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true

via Latin similitūdō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsimilitūdōLikeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation
2Latinsimilissimilar
3Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Latin vērī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērī—

Words derived from “verisimilitudo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros →Every word from Proto-Italic wēros →