Where does “false” come from?
False comes from Middle English false, from Latin falsus, the past participle of fallo, meaning to deceive or fail, from Proto-Italic falsō.
false (English): Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect; Based...
Definitions
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect; Based...
Ancestry of “false”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | falsch | false, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged |
| 2 | Italian | falso | false; sham; forgery |
| 3 | Polish | fałszywy | false |
| 4 | Polish | fałsz | deceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity |
| 5 | Middle High German | valsch | — |
| 6 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “false”