Where does “falsly” come from?
falsly (Middle English) comes from Middle English fals, from Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
Ancestry of “falsly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fals | false |
| 2 | Old English | fals | falsehood, fraud, counterfeit; false |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |