Etymology

veritas

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Today it means: Truth, particularly of a transcendent character. Full definition →

Latin vēritās ← Proto-Italic *wēros ← Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros
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veritas · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁ros
  2. Proto-Italic*wēros
  3. Latinvērus
  4. Latinvēritās
  5. English todayveritas

Borrowed from Latin vēritās. Doublet of verity.

Veritas · proper noun2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromvēritās“truth; verity”
  2. English todayVeritas

Borrowed from Latin vēritās (“truth; verity”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvēritās all →

verity

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