Etymograph

English

verificatory

Verificatory comes from Latin vērificō ‘to present something as true’, and goes back to 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 CEvērus1‘true, real, actual’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērificō2‘to present something as true’
  5. Englishtodayverificatory2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin verifico
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English verificatory

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁rosWiktionary, Latin verifico‘true’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wērosWiktionary, Latin verifico‘true’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērusWiktionary, Latin verifico‘true, real, actual’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvērificōWiktionary, English verificatory‘to present something as true’
  5. EnglishtodayverificatoryWiktionary, English verificatory

Linked words

through Latin vērus ‘true, real, actual’

very, veracity, veritas, verity, verily, aver, 6 more

Today it means

adj Serving to verify something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “verificatory”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin verifico. 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 / verificatory

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