Where does “falsgobra” come from?
falsgobra (Cornish) comes from Cornish falsgober, from Cornish fals, from Middle English fals, from Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsgobra (Cornish): to bribe
Definitions
- to bribe
Ancestry of “falsgobra”, step by step
falsgobra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish falsgober
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | falsgober | bribe |
| 2 | Cornish | fals | adulterous, cheating, false, insincere, treacherous |
| 3 | Middle English | fals | false |
| 4 | Old English | fals | falsehood, fraud, counterfeit; false |
| 5 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 6 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Cornish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | a | Marks the following verb to the preceding... |