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Where does “fallency” come from?

fallency (English) comes from Latin fallentia, from Latin fallere, from Latin fallo, from Proto-Italic falsō.

fallency (English): An exception

Definitions

  1. An exception

Ancestry of “fallency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfallentianominative neuter plural of fallēns; accusative...
2Latinfalleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinfalloI deceive, trick, cheat, disappoint; I mistake,...
4Proto-Italicfalsō—
Every word from Proto-Italic falsō →