falsely

/ˈfɔːlsli/FAWL-slee

/ˈfɔlsli/FAWL-slee

Meaningin a false way

Common meaning: untruly

Other meanings: wrongly

falsto deceiveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 721 · scan
lyadverb ending: in a way

Journey through time

Proto-Indo-European*spal-‘stumble, to fall’source
Latinfallō, fefellī, falsum‘to deceive’
Frenchals
Middle Englishfalssource
Englishfalse‘not true’
Englishformed in English from falsefalsely‘untruly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from false + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FALSE, p.203 · scan

Roots

fallō, fefellī, falsum Latin “to deceive”

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