Why is it that, in so many languages, the same word (in English, "wrong") can

Why is it that, in so many languages, the same word (in English, "wrong") can

Why is it that, in so many languages, the same word (in English, "wrong") can mean both "false" (e.g., in "that answer is wrong") and "improper" (e.g., in "it is wrong to steal")? Is there some important thing common to falsity and immorality? And is "wrong" the word for it?

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