veragus

Latin

Etymology

From Classical vērācem +‎ -us, showing lenition of the intervocalic /k/ and a change in declension type. Attested in a Carolingian document from 770 CE.[1]

Adjective

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

  1. true

Declension

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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 274
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