Where does “zafałszowywać” come from?

zafałszowywać (Polish) comes from Polish zafałszować, from Polish fałszować, from German falsch, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus — to bend; to lie, deceive.

zafałszowywać (Polish): to falsify

Definitions

  1. to falsify

Ancestry of “zafałszowywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzafałszowaćto falsify
2Polishfałszowaćto forge, to counterfeit, to falsify; to sing...
3Germanfalschfalse, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged
4Italianfalsofalse; sham; forgery
5Polishfałszywyfalse
6Polishfałszdeceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity
7Middle High Germanvalsch—
8Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
9Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →