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