Where does “fagliare” come from?
fagliare (Italian) comes from Italian faglia, 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.
fagliare (Italian): to fracture forming a fault
Definitions
- to fracture forming a fault
Ancestry of “fagliare”, step by step
fagliare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian faglia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | faglia | fault |
| 2 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 4 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 5 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Spanish fallar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fallar | to fail; to crash or break down; to let down |
| 2 | Spanish | fallá | flaw |
| 3 | Catalan | falla | constructions of inflammable materials, based in... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | facla | — |
| 5 | Latin | facula | small torch |
| 6 | Latin | fax | torch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʷʰeh₂k- | to shine |