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Fallacy

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound or flawed reasoning
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Stage 1 of 2
fallere
Latin · ancient
"to deceive"
to deceive, to trick
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Stage 2 of 2
fallacy
English · 1300s
"a mistaken belief based on unsound reasoning"
settled as the English word for a mistaken belief based on unsound reasoning
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