Where does “fals” come from?

fals (Cornish) comes from Middle English fals, from Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fals (Cornish): adulterous, cheating, false, insincere, treacherous

Definitions

  1. adulterous, cheating, false, insincere, treacherous

Ancestry of “fals”, step by step

fals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English fals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfalsfalse
2Old Englishfalsfalsehood, fraud, counterfeit; false
3Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
4Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via Latin falx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfalxsickle, scythe; a hook used to pull down walls
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelg-a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin

Words derived from “fals”

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