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