Where does “falsa” come from?

falsa (Irish) comes from Middle English false, from Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falsa (Irish): false; lazy

Definitions

  1. false; lazy

Ancestry of “falsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfalse—
2Old Englishfalsfalsehood, fraud, counterfeit; false
3Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
4Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “falsa”

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