fals
Middle English
adjective
Definitions
- false untrue, not factual, wrong
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fals (false, counterfeit, wrong, fraudulent, mistaken) derived from Latin falsus (false, deceived, counterfeit, falsehood, mistaken) derived from Old French fals.
Origin
Old French
fals
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fallita Latin
- falsificus Latin
- falsiloquium Latin
- falsimonia Latin
- falsitas Latin
- falsus Latin
- falsāre Latin
- falsārē Latin
- falso Italian
- vals Dutch, Flemish
- falsifier French
- falso Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European
- falsk Norwegian Bokmål
- falsk Norwegian Nynorsk
- fals Old English
- false Middle English
- falsly Middle English
- fals Old French
- faulz Old French
- faus Old French
- fauz Old French
- fals Catalan, Valencian
- fals Icelandic
- fals Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- valsch Middle Dutch
- vals Middle High German
- fallco Albanian
- falso Old Portuguese
- falsch Middle Low German
- valsch Middle Low German
- fals Occitan
- fals Friulian
- falso Old Spanish
- fals xno
- fuals Dalmatian