Etymograph

English

veridic

Veridic comes from Latin veridicus ‘speaking or otherwise expressing the truth’, from vērus ‘true’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁ros1‘true’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wēros1‘true’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērus2‘true’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveridicus3‘speaking or otherwise expressing the truth’
  5. Englishtodayveridic3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin verus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin veridicus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English veridic

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁rosWiktionary, Latin verus‘true’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wērosWiktionary, Latin verus‘true’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērusWiktionary, Latin veridicus‘true’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveridicusWiktionary, English veridic‘speaking or otherwise expressing the truth’
  5. EnglishtodayveridicWiktionary, English veridic

Linked words

through Latin vērus ‘true’

very, verification, veracity, veritas, verity, verily, aver, 5 more

Today it means

adj veridical

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “veridic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin verus, Latin veridicus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros / veridic

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