Where does “σφαλιάρισμα” come from?
σφαλιάρισμα (Greek) comes from Greek σφαλιαρίζω, from Greek σφαλιάρα, from Italian sfaglio, from Italian sfagliare, from Italian fagliare, from Italian faglia, from French faille, from French faillir — to bend; to lie, deceive.
σφαλιάρισμα (Greek): slapping, smacking
Ancestry of “σφαλιάρισμα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | σφαλιαρίζω | smack, slap |
| 2 | Greek | σφαλιάρα | smack, slap; blow |
| 3 | Italian | sfaglio | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Italian | sfagliare | To discard; To jink |
| 5 | Italian | fagliare | — |
| 6 | Italian | faglia | fault |
| 7 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 8 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 9 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 10 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 11 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 12 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |