English
verity
Verity comes from Middle English verite.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500verite
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602verity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500verite
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602verity
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “[...] but in the verity of extolment I take…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- ‘true’
through Latin vērus ‘true’
Today it means
noun Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English verite / verity