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What is the Latin origin of the word false?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 11/6/2022

"False" is from Latin falsus, the past participle of the verb fallo, "to deceive". From an original meaning of "deceived" it also acquired the meaning of "deceitful" and hence "false".

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