Verity
/ˈvɛr.ɪ.ti/noun
Truth or factual accuracy.
Did you know?Verity comes from the same Indo-European root that gave Latin verus, meaning “true,” so the word is literally built on the idea of what is genuine and not false.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weh₁-ro-
“true, trustworthy”
Latin
Latin
vērus
“true, real, genuine”
Latin
Latin
vēritās
“truth, truthfulness”
Old French
Old French
verité
“truth”
Middle English
English
verite
“truth, truthfulness”
Modern English
English
verity
“truth or factual correctness”