fallere etymology

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

Detailed word origin of fallere

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*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.
fallere Latin (lat)

Words with the same origin as fallere

Descendants of *gʰwel-
falso falsum