Where does “nontruthful” come from?
nontruthful (English) comes from English truthful, from English truth, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής — passed , crossed.
nontruthful (English): Not truthful
Definitions
- Not truthful
Ancestry of “nontruthful”, step by step
nontruthful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English truthful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truthful | Honest, and always telling the truth; Accurately... |
| 2 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 3 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 4 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 5 | Old French | truite | — |
| 6 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |