The story
- Old French · derived fromverai“real, genuine”
- Middle English · derived fromverrei
- English todayVerey
From Middle English verrei, verie (“true, reliable”), from Old French verai (“real, genuine”), a nickname for a trustworthy person.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchverai all →
very
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.