very

英 ['verɪ] 美['vɛri]

very 非常

来自拉丁语verus,真实的，值得相信的，来自PIE*were,真实的，词源同verify,veracity。引申义非常（真实的），非常的。词义演变比较fair,even.

very: very: [13] Latin vērus meant ‘true’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European *wēros, source also of German wahr ‘true’, and it has also given English verdict, verify [14], verisimilitude [17], and veritable [15]). From it was derived Vulgar Latin *vērāius, which passed into English via Old French verai. Very was originally exclusively an adjective, meaning ‘true’. It was not used as an adverb, meaning ‘truly’, until the 14th century, and its modern role as an intensifier did not begin to emerge until the 15th century.
=> verdict, verify
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" (cognates: Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief"). Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.

2. If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.: 如果皮肤发红、瘙痒或脱皮，要向医生咨询。

3. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.: 很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益.