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Where does “verdad” come from?

verdad (Romansch) comes from Latin veritas, from Latin -tas, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

verdad (Romansch): truth

Definitions

  1. truth

Ancestry of “verdad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinveritastruth, truthfulness, verity; the true or real...
2Latin-tas-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension...
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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