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Stage 1 of 4
verus
Latin · ancient
"true"
true, combined with ad- (to)
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Stage 2 of 4
adverare
Late Latin · medieval
"to make true, to affirm"
to make true, to affirm, from ad- and verus
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Stage 3 of 4
averer
Old French · medieval
"to assert something as true"
carried into French for asserting something as true
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Stage 4 of 4
aver
English · 1300s
"to state something confidently as a fact"
settled as the English word for stating something confidently as a fact
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