'verification' originates from Latin, specifically the Medieval Latin word 'verificatio', where the element 'veri-' (from Latin 'verus') meant 'true' and 'ficare' (from 'facere') meant 'to make' or 'to do'.

'verification' changed from the Medieval Latin word 'verificatio' (and passed into Old/Modern French as 'vérification') and eventually became the modern English word 'verification' via Middle English borrowings.

Initially it meant 'making or rendering something true', but over time it evolved into the current meaning of 'the process of checking, confirming, or establishing accuracy or truth'.