Where does “falto” come from?
falto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
falto (Portuguese): in need
Ancestry of “falto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | falta | lack; absence; truancy; fault |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “falto”