Where does “σφαλιάρα” come from?
σφαλιάρα (Greek) comes from Italian sfaglio, from Italian sfagliare, from Italian fagliare, from Italian faglia, from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir — to bend; to lie, deceive.
σφαλιάρα (Greek): smack, slap; blow
Definitions
- smack, slap; blow
Ancestry of “σφαλιάρα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sfaglio | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | sfagliare | To discard; To jink |
| 3 | Italian | fagliare | to fracture forming a fault |
| 4 | Italian | faglia | fault |
| 5 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 6 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 7 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 8 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 10 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |