English
veracity
Veracity comes from Medieval Latin vērācitās ‘truthfulness’, from Latin vērus ‘true, real’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁ros‘true’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wēros‘true’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērus‘true, real’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērāx‘truthful, speaking truth’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500vērācitās‘truthfulness’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400veracitie
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600véracité
- Englishearliest quotation 1933veracity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁ros‘true’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wēros‘true’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērus‘true, real’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērāx‘truthful, speaking truth’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500vērācitās‘truthfulness’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400veracitie
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600véracité
- Englishearliest quotation 1933veracity
Earliest quotation: 1933, James Hilton: “Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it…”
Formed from -acity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- ‘true’
through Latin vērus ‘true, real’
verification, veritas, verity, aver, 6 more
through Latin vērāx ‘truthful, speaking truth’
Today it means
noun The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros / veracity