Where does “fallacious” come from?
Fallacious comes from Middle English -ous, Latin fallacia meaning deception, and Latin fallōsus, derived from Latin fallō meaning to deceive or disappoint.
fallacious (English): Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken;...
Definitions
- Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken;...
Ancestry of “fallacious”, step by step
fallacious traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French fallacieux
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fallacieux | fallacious |
| 2 | Latin | fallacia | deception, deceit |
| 3 | Latin | fallāx | deceptive, deceitful |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Middle English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ous | Alternative form of us |
via Middle English fallace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fallace | — |