Verify
/ˈvɛrɪfaɪ/noun
To confirm the truth, accuracy, or validity of something.
Did you know?Verify comes from Latin *verus* (“true”), and its earliest sense was to establish truth by oath or evidence—language itself once treated truth like a sacred act.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weh₂ro-
“true, trustworthy”
Latin
Latin
verus
“true”
Late Latin
Latin
verificare
“to make true, confirm as true”
Old French
Old French
verifier
“to test, prove, or confirm”
Middle English
English
verifien
“to confirm the truth of”
Modern English
English
verify
“to confirm the truth, accuracy, or validity of something”