Where does “falla” come from?

falla (Maltese) comes from Italian fallire, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falla (Maltese): to be absent

Definitions

  1. to be absent

Ancestry of “falla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfallireto miss; to fail; to go bankrupt
2Vulgar Latinfallire—
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →
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