Where does “fallire” come from?
fallire (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
fallire (Italian): to miss; to fail; to go bankrupt
Definitions
- to miss; to fail; to go bankrupt
Ancestry of “fallire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 2 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “fallire”