Where does “false” come from?
false (Latin) comes from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
false (Latin): vocative singular of falsus
Definitions
- vocative singular of falsus
Ancestry of “false”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 2 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |