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Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘real, genuine’): from Old French verai, based on Latin verus ‘true’.

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From Middle English verray, verrai(“true”), from Old French verai(“true”) (Modern French vrai), from assumed Vulgar Latinvērācus, alteration of Latin vērāx(“truthful”), from vērus(“true”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-(“true, benevolent”). Cognate with Old English wǣr(“true, correct”), Dutch waar(“true”), German wahr(“true”), Icelandic alvöru(“earnest”). Displaced native Middle English sore, sār(“very”) (from Old English sār(“grievous, extreme”) (Compare German sehr, Dutch zeer), Middle English wel(“very”) (from Old English wel(“well, very”)) (Compare German wohl, Dutch wel, Swedish väl), and Middle English swith(“quickly; very”) (from Old English swīþe(“very”). More at warlock.

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very (adj.)

late 13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (source also of Italian vero), from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy." Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.