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Where does “φαλιρίζω” come from?

φαλιρίζω (Greek) comes from Greek φαλίρω, from Italian fallire, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

φαλιρίζω (Greek): go bankrupt

Definitions

  1. go bankrupt

Ancestry of “φαλιρίζω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekφαλίρω—
2Italianfallireto miss; to fail; to go bankrupt
3Vulgar Latinfallire—
4Latinfallō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
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