Where does “fallen” come from?

Fallen comes from English fall, which derives from Proto-Germanic fallaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pōl-, meaning to fall or move downward.

fallen (English): past participle of fall; Having dropped by the...

Definitions

  1. past participle of fall; Having dropped by the...

Ancestry of “fallen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfall"To be moved downwards."; "To move downwards.";...
2Middle Englishfall—
3Old EnglishfeallAlternative form of fiell
4Proto-Germanicfallą—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pōl-to fall

Words derived from “fallen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pōl- →