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

Definitions

  1. slapping, smacking

Ancestry of “σφαλιάρισμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσφαλιαρίζωsmack, slap
2Greekσφαλιάραsmack, slap; blow
3Italiansfagliofirst-person singular present indicative of...
4ItaliansfagliareTo discard; To jink
5Italianfagliareto fracture forming a fault
6Italianfagliafault
7Frenchfaillefault; flaw; third-person singular present...
8Frenchfaillirto almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt
9Middle Frenchfaillirto fail
10Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
11Vulgar Latinfallire
12Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-Every word from Latin fallōEvery word from Vulgar Latin fallire