Where Did the Word Perfidy Come from?
"Breach of Faith or Trust, Base Treachery," 1590S, from French Perfidie (16C.), from Latin Perfidia "Faithlessness, Falsehood, Treachery," from Perfidus...
"breach of faith or trust, base treachery," 1590s, from French perfidie (16c.), from Latin perfidia "faithlessness, falsehood, treachery," from perfidus "faithless," from phrase per fidem decipere "to deceive through trustingness," from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + fidem ( ...
Where did the word really originate?
really (adv.)
The general sense is from early 15c. Purely emphatic use dates from c. 1600, "indeed," sometimes as a corroboration, sometimes as an expression of surprise or a term of protest; interrogative use (as in oh, really?) is recorded from 1815.
What does duplicitous mean in English?
Duplicity comes from a Latin word meaning "double" or "twofold," and its original meaning in English has to do with a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions.
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