Etymology of the English word falchion
the English word
falchionderived from the Old French word
fauchonderived from the French word
fauxderived from the Old French word
corpsderived from the Classical Latin word
corpus (body; person, self; substantial, material, concrete object)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷrep-derived from the Old French word
faillirderived from the Latin root
*fallirederived from the Latin word
fallere (deceive; slip by; disappoint)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-derived from the Latin word
falsus (wrong, lying, fictitious)
derived from the Latin word
fallere (deceive; slip by; disappoint)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-derived from the Old French word
falsderived from the Latin root
*falcioderived from the Latin word
falx (sickle; falcis, sickle; sickle. scythe; pruning knife; curved blade)
derived from the Italian word
falcionederived from the Italian word
falcederived from the Latin word
falx (sickle; falcis, sickle; sickle. scythe; pruning knife; curved blade)
Date
The earliest known usage of falchion in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
