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

  1. to fail; to err; to make a mistake

Ancestry of “falir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfallire—
2Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “falir”

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