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Where does “refel” come from?

refel (English) comes from Latin refellere, from Latin fallēre.

refel (English): To refute, disprove ; to confute

Definitions

  1. To refute, disprove ; to confute

Ancestry of “refel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrefellerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
2Latinfallēre—
Every word from Latin fallēre →