Etymology

verity

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Today it means: Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity. Full definition →

Middle English verite ← Anglo-Norman verité ← Middle French verité
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvēritās
  2. Old French · derived fromverité
  3. Middle French · derived fromverité
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromverité
  5. Middle English · inherited fromverite
  6. English todayverity

From Middle English verite, from Anglo-Norman verité or Middle French verité, from Old French verité, from Latin vēritās, from the adjective vērus (“true”). Doublet of veritas.

Words from the same roots

Latinvēritās all →

veritas

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