Where does “suplefaltas” come from?
suplefaltas (Spanish) comes from Spanish falta, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
suplefaltas (Spanish): fall guy; scapegoat
Definitions
- fall guy; scapegoat
Ancestry of “suplefaltas”, step by step
suplefaltas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish falta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | falta | lack, shortage; fault; feminine singular of falto |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |