Where does “fausser” come from?

fausser (French) comes from Old French falser, from Late Latin falso, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fausser (French): to falsify, to render invalid; to skew, to...

Definitions

  1. to falsify, to render invalid; to skew, to...

Ancestry of “fausser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfalser—
2Late LatinfalsoI falsify; dative singular of falsus; ablative...
3Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
4Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “fausser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →