Where does “faillir” come from?

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

faillir (French): to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt

Definitions

  1. to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt

Ancestry of “faillir”, step by step

faillir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French faillir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfaillirto fail
2Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
3Vulgar Latinfallire—
4Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via French faillite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaillitebankruptcy; failure
2Italianfallitafeminine singular of fallito; bankrupt; failure

Words derived from “faillir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →