fallire etymology

Italian word fallire comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl-, Portuguese fallo, Italian fallo

Detailed word origin of fallire

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) to lie, deceive
*bʰāl- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
fallo Portuguese (por)
fallo Italian (ita) Compound of imperative of fare and lo. Any member of the Phallus taxonomic genus (sports) foul. Fault, error Phallus.
fallo Latin (lat) I appease, beguile.. I deceive, trick, cheat, disappoint.. I escape the notice of, am unseen.. I mistake, am mistaken, deceive myself.. I swear falsely, perjure.
fallire Italian (ita) (intransitive) to fail. (intransitive) to flop. (intransitive) to go bankrupt. (transitive) to miss.

Words with the same origin as fallire

Descendants of *gʰwel-
fallimento fallita falso