Where does “falso” come from?

falso (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falso (Galician): false; fake

Definitions

  1. false; fake

Ancestry of “falso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefalso—
2Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →
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