Where does “falsa” come from?
falsa (Esperanto) comes from English false, from German falsch, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsa (Esperanto): fake, counterfeit, false
Definitions
- fake, counterfeit, false
Ancestry of “falsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | false | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect; Based... |
| 2 | German | falsch | false, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged |
| 3 | Italian | falso | false; sham; forgery |
| 4 | Polish | fałszywy | false |
| 5 | Polish | fałsz | deceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity |
| 6 | Middle High German | valsch | — |
| 7 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |