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Where does “falsary” come from?

falsary (English) comes from Latin falsarius, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falsary (English): A falsifier of evidence

Definitions

  1. A falsifier of evidence

Ancestry of “falsary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfalsarius—
2Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
3Latinfallō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
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