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Where does “fallire” come from?

fallire (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

Ancestry of “fallire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfallō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “fallire”

  • failure
  • fail
  • failing
  • unfailing
  • faux
  • failover
  • unfailingly
  • faileth
  • failback
  • failest
  • nonfailure
  • nonfailing
  • failingly
  • failer
  • failable
  • postfailure
  • failproof
  • unfailingness
  • defail
  • failureproof
  • unfailable
  • fail-deadly
  • failance
  • failcascade
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