Where does “falsete” come from?
falsete (Portuguese) comes from Italian falsetto, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsete (Portuguese): falsetto technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices
Definitions
- falsetto technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices
Ancestry of “falsete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | falsetto | falsetto (voice) |
| 2 | Italian | falso | false; sham; forgery |
| 3 | Polish | fałszywy | false |
| 4 | Polish | fałsz | deceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity |
| 5 | Middle High German | valsch | — |
| 6 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |