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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |