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Where does “fallar” come from?

fallar (Old Spanish) comes from Latin afflare, from Latin afflo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “fallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinafflarepresent active infinitive of afflō; second-person...
2LatinaffloI blow, breathe
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “fallar”

  • hallazgo
  • hallar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →