Etymograph

English

verification

Verification may come from Middle French verification.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600verificationuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600verificationuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to verificate + -ion

Latin vērificāt-

English verificate

Linked words

through Latin vērus ‘true, real, actual’

very, veracity, veritas, verity, verily, aver, 6 more

Today it means

noun The act or process of verifying.

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

Etymograph / Middle French verification / verification

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