Where does “falsening” come from?
falsening (English) comes from English falsen, from English false, from German falsch, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsening (English): present participle of falsen; The act or process...
Definitions
- present participle of falsen; The act or process...
Ancestry of “falsening”, step by step
falsening traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English falsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | falsen | To make false; falsify |
| 2 | English | false | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect; Based... |
| 3 | German | falsch | false, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged |
| 4 | Italian | falso | false; sham; forgery |
| 5 | Polish | fałszywy | false |
| 6 | Polish | fałsz | deceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity |
| 7 | Middle High German | valsch | — |
| 8 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 9 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |