Where does “untruthfully” come from?
untruthfully (English) comes from English untruthful, 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 — passed , crossed.
untruthfully (English): In an untruthful manner; falsely
Definitions
- In an untruthful manner; falsely
Ancestry of “untruthfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | untruthful | Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts;... |
| 2 | English | truthful | Honest, and always telling the truth; Accurately... |
| 3 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 4 | Middle English | troute | — |
| 5 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 6 | Old French | truite | — |
| 7 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |