Where does “palsu” come from?
palsu (Malay) comes from Portuguese falso, from Old Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
palsu (Malay): false; fake; Not real; fraudulent; fake
Definitions
- false; fake; Not real; fraudulent; fake
Ancestry of “palsu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | falso | false; untrue; not factual; wrong; false;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | falso | — |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “palsu”