Where does “फ़ालतू” come from?
फ़ालतू (Hindi) comes from Portuguese falto, from Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
फ़ालतू (Hindi): unnecessary, pointless; bad; not nice; of poor...
Definitions
- unnecessary, pointless; bad; not nice; of poor...
Ancestry of “फ़ालतू”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | falto | in need |
| 2 | Portuguese | falta | lack; absence; truancy; fault |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 4 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |