Sooth
/suːθ/noun
An archaic word meaning truth or reality.
Did you know?In Old English, *soþ* meant not just “truth” but also “that which is truly so,” and it survives in the old phrase **in sooth**, a solemn intensifier that once sounded almost ritualistic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sanþaz
“true, genuine”
Old English
OE
soþ
“truth; what is true”
Middle English
ME
soth
“truth; in sooth, truly”
Modern English
English
sooth
“archaic or literary truth; reality”