The story
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromverdit
- Middle English · inherited fromverdit
- English todayverdict
From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.