vrai
French
adj
Definitions
- true
- real
Etymology
Inherited from Old French verai (true) inherited from Latin *vērācus, vērāx (truthful, speaking truth) inherited from Proto-Italic *wēros inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₁-ros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- very English
- *vērācus Latin
- Vērissimus Latin
- varius Latin
- verisimilis Latin
- verus Latin
- vērus Latin
- vērācitās Latin
- vērācus Latin
- vērāx Latin
- veramente Italian
- verissimo Italian
- verista Italian
- veristico Italian
- vero Italian
- semblable French
- vraiment French
- vraisemblable French
- vraisemblablement French
- vero Spanish, Castilian
- *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁-ros Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- verray Middle English
- verre Middle English
- very Middle English
- verai Old French
- vera Esperanto
- vrai Middle Dutch
- vrai Norman
- vray Middle French
- vrayement Middle French
- *wēros Proto-Italic
- verra Scots