Where does “falsiness” come from?
falsiness (English) comes from English falsy, 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.
falsiness (English): The property of being falsy, i.e. evaluating to...
Definitions
- The property of being falsy, i.e. evaluating to...
Ancestry of “falsiness”, step by step
falsiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English falsy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | falsy | Evaluating to false in a Boolean context |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |