averment
English
noun
Definitions
- The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- verification; establishment by evidence.
- A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English averement derived from Old French averrement root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (true, benevolent, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₁-
Gloss
true, benevolent, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aver English
- unaverred English
- unverified English
- veridical English
- verifiable English
- verification English
- verify English
- verisimilar English
- verisimilitude English
- veritably English
- voir dire English
- *advērāre Latin
- verac- Latin
- verifico Latin
- veritabilis Latin
- verus Latin
- vēritās Latin
- vēritātem Latin
- vērāx Latin
- avérable French
- avérer French
- *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *lugô Proto-Germanic
- *wēingan- Proto-Germanic
- wǣrloga Old English
- averement Middle English
- averrement Old French
- verdit Old French