Where does “fal·làcia” come from?

fal·làcia (Catalan) comes from Latin fallacia, from Latin fallāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

fal·làcia (Catalan): fallacy

Definitions

  1. fallacy

Ancestry of “fal·làcia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfallaciadeception, deceit
2Latinfallāxdeceptive, deceitful
3Latin-āxish, -y
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós