Where does “fala” come from?

fala (Italian) comes from Latin fala, from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 — column, pillar.

fala (Italian): a siege tower

Definitions

  1. a siege tower

Ancestry of “fala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfalaa siege tower
2Etruscan𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀column, pillar
Every word from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀Every word from Latin fala
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