Where does “falhanço” come from?
falhanço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese falhar, from Portuguese falha, from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falhanço (Portuguese): failure
Definitions
- failure
Ancestry of “falhanço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | falhar | to fail |
| 2 | Portuguese | falha | A flaw; A fault |
| 3 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 5 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 6 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |