Proto-Italic

*falsō

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *falsō.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *falsō, most familiar first.

• failure ← failer ← falir ← *fallīre ← fallō
• fault ← faute ← faute ← *fallita ← falsus
• false ← fals ← falsus ← fallō
• fail ← failen ← falir ← *fallīre ← fallere
• default ← defaut ← defaute ← fallo
• falsely ← falsly ← fals ← fals ← falsus
• faux ← faulx ← fals ← falsus ← fallō
• fallacy ← fallaci ← fallace ← fallācia ← fallāx
• falsetto ← falso ← falsus ← fallō
• fallacious ← fallacieux ← fallācia ← fallāx ← fallō
• fallible ← fallibilis ← fallō
• falsify ← falsifier ← falsificāre ← falsificus ← falsus

More words from *falsō

• falsity
• fallax
• falsum
• falsary
• failance
• refel

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *falsō