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Where does “fallaciously” come from?

fallaciously (English) comes from English fallacious, from French fallacieux, from Latin fallacia, from Latin fallāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

fallaciously (English): In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically

Definitions

  1. In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically

Ancestry of “fallaciously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfallaciousCharacterized by fallacy; false or mistaken;...
2Frenchfallacieuxfallacious
3Latinfallaciadeception, deceit
4Latinfallāx—
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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