Etymograph

English

Vera

Vera comes from Latin vera ‘true’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvera‘true’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1880Vera

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvera‘true’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1880Vera

Earliest quotation: 1880, Ouida, Moths: “Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call…”

The story

By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (‘true’).folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Latin vera

Today it means

name A female given name from Russian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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