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Where does “vérisimilitude” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vérisimilitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverisimilitudotrue likeness; verisimilitude
2Latinvērus—
3Proto-Italicwērostrue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true

Words derived from “vérisimilitude”

  • verisimilitude
  • inverisimilitude
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →