Where does “palyo” come from?
palyo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish fallo, from Spanish fallar, from Spanish fallá, from Catalan falla, from Vulgar Latin facla, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.
palyo (Tagalog): pall
Definitions
- pall
Ancestry of “palyo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fallo | mistake; failure; verdict, decision |
| 2 | Spanish | fallar | to fail; to crash or break down; to let down |
| 3 | Spanish | fallá | flaw |
| 4 | Catalan | falla | constructions of inflammable materials, based in... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | facla | — |
| 6 | Latin | facula | small torch |
| 7 | Latin | fax | torch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʷʰeh₂k- | to shine |