Where does “faillir” come from?

faillir (Middle French) comes from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

faillir (Middle French): to fail

Definitions

  1. to fail

Ancestry of “faillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
2Vulgar Latinfallire—
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “faillir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Vulgar Latin fallire →