Where does “falsar” come from?
falsar (Spanish) comes from Spanish falso, from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falsar (Spanish): to falsify
Ancestry of “falsar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | falso | false; untrue; fake; counterfeit |
| 2 | Old Spanish | falso | — |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |