AUTHENTIC

adjective Etymology: Middle English autentik, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek authentikos, from authentēs perpetrator, master, from aut- + -hentēs (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains) Date: 14th century authoritative , 2. worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact , conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features , made or done the same way as an original , not false or imitation ; real , actual , 4. ranging upward from the keynote, progressing from the dominant chord to the tonic, true to one's own personality, spirit, or character, ~ally adverb ~ity noun Synonyms: see: ~