Where does “fallir” come from?

fallir (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fallir (Catalan): to fail; to lack, be missing

Definitions

  1. to fail; to lack, be missing

Ancestry of “fallir”, step by step

fallir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin fallire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfallire
2Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via Latin fallēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfallēre

Words derived from “fallir

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-
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