veragus

Latin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vērācus, from Classical vērāx with a change in adjective class. Attested in a Carolingian document from 770 CE.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Early Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA(key): /βeˈɾaɣo/
  • (Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA(key): /βeˈɾaj/

Adjective

vērāgus (feminine vērāga, neuter vērāgum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Early Medieval Latin) true

Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: vrê, veré, verai
    Valdôtain: vrèi
  • Old French: verai (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*vērācus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 247
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