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Origin and history of veritas

veritas(n.)

Latin, literally "truth, truthfulness, that which is true," from verus "true" (from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy").

The Latin phrase in vino veritas (1590s in English; "in wine, truth," that is, "the truth comes out when one has been drinking") is attributed to Pliny the Elder; there is a Greek version of it.

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*were-o-

*wērə-o-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "true, trustworthy."

It might form all or part of: aver; Varangian; veracious; veracity; verdict; veridical; verify; verisimilitude; verism; veritas; verity; very; voir dire; warlock.

It might also be the source of: Latin verus "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief;" Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true."

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