Where does “fracassar” come from?
fracassar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fracasso, from Italian fracasso, from Italian fracassare, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn- — in.
fracassar (Portuguese): to fail
Definitions
- to fail
Ancestry of “fracassar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fracasso | the sound of objects crashing; failure |
| 2 | Italian | fracasso | din, hullabaloo; crash; fracas |
| 3 | Italian | fracassare | To smash or shatter |
| 4 | Latin | infra | below |
| 5 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 6 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 7 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |