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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

  1. to miss; to fail; to go bankrupt

Ancestry of “fallire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfallire—
2Latinfallō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “fallire”

  • fallimento
  • φαλίρω
  • φαλιρίζω
  • fallere
  • falleret
  • falla
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