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