Where does “valse” come from?

valse (Yola) 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.

valse (Yola): false

Definitions

  1. false

Ancestry of “valse”, 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
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