Where does “falir” come from?
falir (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falir (Old French): to fail; to err; to make a mistake
Definitions
- to fail; to err; to make a mistake
Ancestry of “falir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 2 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “falir”