verus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- true, real, actual conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct
- true, genuine not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
- proper, suitable acceptable to or fitting for the purpose or circumstances
- right, just complying with justice, correctness or reason
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *wēros inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (true), *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
- unaverred English
- unverified English
- veridical English
- verifiable English
- verification English
- verify English
- verisimilar English
- verisimilitude English
- verism English
- veritably English
- voir dire English
- (cōnsōbrīnus) vērus Latin
- *advērāre Latin
- Vērissimus Latin
- verac- Latin
- verifico Latin
- veritabilis Latin
- vēritās Latin
- vēritātem Latin
- vērus Latin
- vērāx Latin
- Sinneswahrnehmung German
- Wahrheit German
- Wahrnehmung German
- wahr German
- wahrhaben German
- wahrsagen German
- wahrscheinlich German
- deegwaar Dutch, Flemish
- eetwaar Dutch, Flemish
- etenswaar Dutch, Flemish
- handelswaar Dutch, Flemish
- ijzerwarenwinkel Dutch, Flemish
- koopwaar Dutch, Flemish
- meewarig Dutch, Flemish
- rookwaar Dutch, Flemish
- vanwaar Dutch, Flemish
- vleeswaar Dutch, Flemish
- voorwaar Dutch, Flemish
- waar Dutch, Flemish
- waarachtig Dutch, Flemish
- waarborgen Dutch, Flemish
- waarheen Dutch, Flemish
- waarheid Dutch, Flemish
- waarlijk Dutch, Flemish
- waarnemen Dutch, Flemish
- waarom Dutch, Flemish
- waarschijnlijk Dutch, Flemish
- waarsman Dutch, Flemish
- weliswaar Dutch, Flemish
- *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁-ros Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *lugô Proto-Germanic
- *wēingan- Proto-Germanic
- *wēraz Proto-Germanic
- wærloga Old English
- wǣr Old English
- wǣrloga Old English
- *věra Proto-Slavic
- *věriti Proto-Slavic
- averrement Old French
- verdit Old French
- veriño Galician
- waer Middle Dutch
- wāer Middle Dutch
- waar Afrikaans
- veruleiki Faroese
- wār Middle High German
- *wīros Proto-Celtic
- *wēros Proto-Italic