Where does “ajar” come from?

ajar (Spanish) comes from Spanish ahajar, from Old Spanish haja, from Vulgar Latin fallia, from Latin fallēre.

ajar (Spanish): to fade, wither

Definitions

  1. to fade, wither

Ancestry of “ajar”, step by step

ajar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ahajar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishahajarArchaic form of ajar
2Old Spanishhaja—
3Vulgar Latinfalliadefect
4Latinfallēre—

via Spanish ajo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishajogarlic; profanity, curse word
2Latinalliumlate form of ālium
3Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—

Words derived from “ajar”

Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Vulgar Latin fallia →Every word from Old Spanish haja →