calumny









calumny


<, mid-15c., from Middle French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia “trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge,” from calvi “to trick, deceive,” from PIE root *kel- “to deceive, confuse” (cf. Greek kelein “to bewitch, seduce, beguile,” Gothic holon “to deceive,” Old Norse hol “praise, flattery,” Old English hol “slander,” holian “to slander”).

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