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false
false (adj.) late 12c., from O.Fr. fals, faus (12c., Mod.Fr. faux) "false, fake, incorrect, mistaken, treacherous, deceitful," from L. falsus "deceived, erroneous, mistaken," pp. of fallere "deceive, disappoint," of uncertain origin (see FAIL (Cf. fail)). Adopted into other Germanic languages (Cf. Ger. falsch, Du. valsch, Dan. falsk), though English is the only one in which the active sense of "deceitful" (a secondary sense in Latin) has predominated. False alarm recorded from 1570s. Related: Falsely; falseness.

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