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- Latin · derived fromvērāx“truthful, speaking truth”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromvērācitās“truthfulness”
- Old French · derived fromveracitie
- Middle French · borrowed fromvéracité
- English todayveracity
From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”) (whence -acity), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.
Words from the same roots
Latinvērāx all →
veracious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.