sooth

English

/suːθ/

noun
Definitions
  • (archaic) Truth.
  • (obsolete) Augury; prognostication.
  • (obsolete) Blandishment; cajolery.
  • (obsolete) Reality; fact.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sooth inherited from Old English sōþ (true, truth, actual, real) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (true, truth) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (being, hes-, ine-pro, existing), *h₁es- (be, exist), *h₁es- (be, exist).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁es-

Gloss

be, exist

Concept
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