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Where does “falsimonia” come from?

falsimonia (Latin) comes from Latin -monia, from Latin -monium, from Proto-Indo-European -monyom, from Proto-Indo-European -mō — Creates agent nouns from verbs.

falsimonia (Latin): trick, imposition

Definitions

  1. trick, imposition

Ancestry of “falsimonia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-moniaForms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly...
2Latin-moniumForms collective nouns and nouns designating...
3Proto-Indo-European-monyom—
4Proto-Indo-European-mōCreates agent nouns from verbs
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