Where does “fall” come from?

fall (Cornish) comes from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fall (Cornish): failure, loss

Definitions

  1. failure, loss

Ancestry of “fall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
2Vulgar Latinfallire—
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “fall”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →