Veracity
/vəˈræsɪti/noun
Truthfulness or conformity to facts.
Did you know?Veracity comes from Latin verax, “truthful,” ultimately from verus, “true,” the same root behind words tied to truth and correctness across the Indo-European family.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to speak truthfully, trust”
Latin
Latin
verus
“true”
Latin
Latin
verax
“truthful, speaking truth”
Late Latin
Latin
veracitas
“truthfulness, truth-telling”
14th Century
English
veracite
“truthfulness, sincerity”
Modern English
English
veracity
“truthfulness or conformity to fact”