Verity comes from Old French 'verité', from Latin 'veritas' ('truth'), from 'verus' ('true'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*weh₁-' ('true, trustworthy'). In current use it is a noun meaning "a true statement or principle; the quality of being true". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. The historical chain includes Old French verite, Latin veritas, and Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-. Related English forms include verify, veracity, veridical, and very. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.