falsity
English
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
- (uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
Etymology
Suffix from English false derived from Middle French fausseté derived from Old French falseté derived from Latin falsitas, falsus (false, deceived, counterfeit, falsehood, mistaken).
Origin
Latin
falsus
Gloss
false, deceived, counterfeit, falsehood, mistaken
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- false English
- falsecard English
- falsed English
- falseface English
- falseful English
- falseheart English
- falsely English
- falsen English
- falseness English
- falsework English
- falsie English
- falsification English
- falsify English
- falsing English
- falsish English
- falsism English
- falsy English
- nonfalse English
- superfalse English
- superfalsity English
- unfalse English
- *fallita Latin
- falsificus Latin
- falsiloquium Latin
- falsimonia Latin
- falsitas Latin
- falsus Latin
- falsāre Latin
- falsārē Latin
- falsità Italian
- falso Italian
- vals Dutch, Flemish
- falsifier French
- fausseté French
- falso Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European
- falsk Norwegian Bokmål
- falsk Norwegian Nynorsk
- fals Old English
- false Middle English
- fals Old French
- falseté Old French
- faulz Old French
- faus Old French
- fauz Old French
- fals Catalan, Valencian
- fals Icelandic
- fals Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- valsch Middle Dutch
- fallco Albanian
- fausseté Middle French
- falso Old Portuguese
- valsch Middle Low German
- fals Occitan
- fals Friulian
- falso Old Spanish
- fuals Dalmatian