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Where does “falseful” come from?

falseful (English) comes from English false, from German falsch, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falseful (English): False

Definitions

  1. False

Ancestry of “falseful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfalseUntrue, not factual, factually incorrect; Based...
2Germanfalschfalse, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged
3Italianfalsofalse; sham; forgery
4Polishfałszywyfalse
5Polishfałszdeceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity
6Middle High Germanvalsch—
7Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
8Latinfallō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “falseful”

  • falsefully
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