fall / fals / fail
to deceive
Latin · fallere / falsus
Latin fallere 'to deceive, disappoint', past form falsus. It gives fals- (false, falsify), fail (to disappoint expectations) and fall- (fallacy, a deceiving idea; fallible, able to be wrong).
Memory trick
A FALSE friend deceives you; a plan can FAIL when it deceives your hopes.
Words from this root
- false (fals + e) — not trueझूठा, ग़लत
- falsely (false + ly) — in an untrue wayझूठे ढंग से
- falsehood (false + hood) — a lieझूठ
- falsify (fals + ify) — to make false on purposeजालसाज़ी करना
- falsity (fals + ity) — the quality of being untrueझूठापन
- fail (fail) — to not succeedअसफल होना
- failure (fail + ure) — a lack of successअसफलता
- fallacy (fall + acy) — false but believable ideaभ्रांति, भ्रम
- fallacious (fall + acious) — based on a mistaken ideaभ्रामक
- fallible (fall + ible) — able to make mistakesग़लती कर सकने वाला
- infallible (in + fall + ible) — never wrongअचूक
- fallaciousness (fallacious + ness) — state of being misleadingभ्रामकता