Where does “falsetti” come from?
falsetti (Finnish) comes from Italian falsetto, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsetti (Finnish): falsetto
Ancestry of “falsetti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | falsetto | falsetto |
| 2 | Italian | falso | false; sham; forgery |
| 3 | Polish | fałszywy | false |
| 4 | Polish | fałsz | deceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity |
| 5 | Middle High German | valsch | — |
| 6 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “falsetti”