Where does “fallacy” come from?
Fallacy comes from Old French fallace, from Latin fallacia, derived from fallax meaning deceptive, ultimately from Proto-Italic falsō.
fallacy (English): Deceptive or false appearance; that which...
Definitions
- Deceptive or false appearance; that which...
Ancestry of “fallacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fallace | — |
| 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 |