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
Ancestry of “falla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | fallire | to miss; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 3 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |