Where does “σφαλιαρίτσα” come from?
σφαλιαρίτσα (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.
σφαλιαρίτσα (Greek): Diminutive of σφαλιάρα
Definitions
- Diminutive of σφαλιάρα
Ancestry of “σφαλιαρίτσα”, 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 |