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Where does “verifier” come from?

verifier (Old French) comes from Latin vērificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

verifier (Old French): to verify

Definitions

  1. to verify

Ancestry of “verifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērificāre—
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “verifier”

  • verify
  • verifiable
  • verifier
  • unverifiable
  • verifiability
  • verifiably
  • reverify
  • nonverifiable
  • unverifiability
  • unverifiably
  • verifiableness
  • verifieth
  • unverify
  • reverifiable
  • verifiest
  • unverifiableness
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