very
‘true, real, genuine’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
A.F. verrai, O.F. verai ‘true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal’ < Vulgar Lat. veracus < Lat. verax < veracis ‘truthful’ < verus ‘true’ < veh < were-o- < Tamil uṟu
very
English words derived from Tamil uṟu connoting ‘excess’