Where does “sfagliare” come from?
sfagliare (Italian) comes from Italian fagliare, from Italian faglia, from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
sfagliare (Italian): To discard; To jink
Definitions
- To discard; To jink
Ancestry of “sfagliare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fagliare | to fracture forming a fault |
| 2 | Italian | faglia | fault |
| 3 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 5 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 6 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |