Where does “falsificar” come from?
falsificar (Catalan) comes from Late Latin falsificare, from Latin falsificus, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsificar (Catalan): to falsify
Definitions
- to falsify
Ancestry of “falsificar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | falsificare | — |
| 2 | Latin | falsificus | that acts falsely |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |