faillir
French
verb
Definitions
- to almost do something
- to fail
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French faillir inherited from Old French falir inherited from Latin *fallīre, fallere (deceive, disappoint, fail).
Origin
Latin
fallere
Gloss
deceive, disappoint, fail
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fallire Latin
- *fallīre Latin
- falere, fallō Latin
- fallere Latin
- fallibilis Latin
- fallo, fallō, fallere Latin
- fallire Italian
- défaillir French
- faillibilité French
- faillible French
- failliblement French
- infaillible French
- *bʰāl- Proto-Indo-European
- falir Portuguese
- faillir Old French
- falir Old French
- faloir Old French
- fallir Catalan, Valencian
- veilen Middle High German
- vælen Middle High German
- vēlen Middle High German
- Feeler Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- feelen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- faillir Middle French