Etymograph

English

falsie

From false + -ie (“a diminutive”).

A compound of false + -ie ‘a diminutive’

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Latin falsus ‘counterfeit, false’

Old English fals ‘false; fraud’

Middle English false

English false

Today it means

noun Padding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger or appear to exist.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / falsie