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- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Vulgar Latin fallire →