Etymology of the English word faux
the English word
fauxderived 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
falsUsage
Word found in Modern English
