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.

falsly (Middle English): falsely

Definitions

  1. falsely

Ancestry of “falsly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfalsfalse
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 “falsly”

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