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Where does “faglia” come from?

faglia (Italian) comes from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

faglia (Italian): fault

Definitions

  1. fault

Ancestry of “faglia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaillefault; flaw; third-person singular present...
2Frenchfaillirto almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt
3Middle Frenchfaillirto fail
4Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
5Vulgar Latinfallire—
6Latinfallō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “faglia”

  • fagliato
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