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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la fallō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [falˈlaː.ki.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [falˈlaː.t͡ʃi.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''fallācia''' ''f'' (genitive fallāciae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[fallāx]] “deceitful”, from [[fallō]] “to deceive”, with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant deceitful behaviour, deceit, a trick.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant falsehood, deceit, deception.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for negligence, a shortcoming, and an error, a failure.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''fallacia'' and Spanish ''falacia'', and gave [[en|fallacy]] in the late 15th century, “deception, false statement”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 15th century – English ''fallacy'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Deceit, a trick.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Negligence; an error.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[fallāciēs]]
+ * [[fallāciōsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fallāx]]
+ * [[fallō]]
+ * [[en|fallacy]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}