Where does “fal·laç” come from?

fal·laç (Catalan) comes 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·laç (Catalan): fallacious, deceptive

Definitions

  1. fallacious, deceptive

Ancestry of “fal·laç”, step by step

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