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vergüenza f. (Noun) "shame" 12th cent. From Latin verecundia "shame;" "modesty." From verecundus "ashamed;" "modest." From the verb vereri "to revere." From Proto-Italic *wer-ē- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *u̯er-eh₁- "to sense." De Vaan (2014) suggests a semantic evolution of "to sense" into "to be wary" to "to show respect." Indo-European Romance Asturian vergoña, Portuguese vergonha, Galician vergoña, Catalan vergonya, French vérécondie, Italian vergogna, Sardinian bergugna Celtic Old Irish cóïr "just," Old Welsh couer "complete" Germanic Gothic wars "careful," Old Norse varr 'id.,' Old High German gi-war 'id.,' Old Saxon war 'id.,' Old English wær 'id.' (English aware) Balto-Slavic Latvian vẽrt "to watch" Tocharian A wär- "to smell," B wär-sk- 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
verificar (Verb) "to verify" 16th cent. Borrowed from Medieval Latin verificare 'id.,' a learned form from verus "true" and facere "to do." See vero (2) and hacer respectively for continued etymologies. Indo-European Romance Portuguese verificar, Galician verificar, French vérifier, Italian verificare, Romanian verifica Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
vero (1) (Noun) "heraldric ermine" 12th cent. From Latin varius "several," "diverse;" referring to the many colors on a heraldric tincture. See vario for continued etymology. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
vero (2) (Adjective) "true" Archaic. In use during 12th - 13th centuries. From Latin verus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *wēro- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *u̯eh₁-ro- 'id.' From a root *u̯eh₁-, perhaps meaning "to be true." Also the origin of the surnames Vero and Veros. Indo-European Celtic Old Irish fír "true," Middle Welsh gwir 'id.,' Old Breton guir 'id.,' Old Cornish guir 'id.' Germanic Old High German wār "belief" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic věra "faith," Russian véra 'id.,' Czech víra 'id.,' Polish wiara 'id.,' Slovene vę́ra 'id.' de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
verso m. (Noun) "verse" 14th cent. From Latin versus "turned," but also "line of text" and "turn of the plow." The sense development was thus: in agriculture, a plowed line of soil was "turned" over, and Latin readers borrowed this word to refer to a line of prose or poetry. From vertere "to turn" (see verter). Indo-European Romance Portuguese verso, Catalan ves, French vers, Italian verso, Romanian viers Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
verter (Verb) "to spill," "to empty (a liquid)" 10th cent. From Latin vertere "to turn." From Proto-Italic *wert- 'id.,' from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ert- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese verter, Italian vertere Italic Oscan ϝερσορει (wersosei), epithet of Jupiter (lit. "one who turns"), Umbrian vurtus "he turned" Germanic Gothic wairþan "to become," Old Norse verða 'id.,' Old High German werdan 'id.,' Old Saxon werthan 'id.,' Old English weorðan 'id.' Balto-Slavic Serbian Chuch Slavic vrьtěti "to turn," Russian vertét' 'id.,' Czech vrtěti 'id.,' Polish wiercić 'id.,' Slovene vrtẹ́ti 'id.,' Old Prussian wīrst "to become," Lithuanian vir̃sti "to turn" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit vártate "to turn around," Young Avestan varəta- 'id.' Tocharian A wärt- "to throw" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
vestido (Adjective, Noun) "dressed;" "dress," "suit" 11th cent. An adjectival from vestir. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
vestigio m. (Noun) "vestige" 15th cent. From Latin vestigium "track." A metaphor of the footprints one leaves behind. Of unknown origin. However, de Vaan (2014) connects it to Proto-Italic *wers- "to sweep" (see barrer). Indo-European Romance French vestige, Romanian vestigiu Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
vestir (Verb) "to dress" 11th cent. From Latin vestire 'id.' From vestis "garment." From Proto-Italic *wes-ti- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *u̯es-ti̯- 'id.' From a root *u̯es- "to clothe." Indo-European Romance Asturian vestir, Portuguese vestir, Galician vestir, Catalan vestir, French vêtir, Italian vestire, Sardinian bestire Germanic Gothic wasjan "to dress," Old High German werian 'id.,' Old English werian 'id.' (English to wear) Albanian Albanian vesh "to clothe" Hellenic Ancient Greek εἵματα (eímata) "clothes" Armenian Armenian z-genowm "to clothe oneself" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit váste "to wear," Old Avestan vastra- "garment" Tocharian A wäs- "to wear," B wäs- 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
vez f. (Noun) "time" 10th cent. From Latin vicis "turn," "occaision." Perhaps from an unattested Vulgar Latin form *vix. From Proto-Italic *wik- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *u̯ik- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian vez, Portuguese vez, Galician vez, Catalan vegada, French fois, Italian vece Celtic Old Irish fichid "to battle," Middle Welsh gweith "battle," Old Breton gueth 'id.' Germanic Gothic weihan "to fight," Old Norse vega 'id.,' Old High German wīgan 'id.,' Old English wīgan 'id.' Balto-Slavic Lithuanian veĩkti "to work," Latvian vīkstu "to work" Hellenic Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíko) "I am like" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit viviktás "both embrace," Middle Persian winj̆- "to contain" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.