Where does “falsify” come from?

Falsify comes from French falsifier, formed with the French suffix -ifier, from Latin fallo meaning to deceive, and Latin facio meaning to make, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to put or place.

falsify (English): To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect;...

Definitions

  1. To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect;...

Ancestry of “falsify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfalsifierto falsify
2Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “falsify”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →