Reconstruction:Latin/fallire

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Reassignment of Classical fallere (“to deceive”) to the fourth conjugation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈlire/

Verb

*fallīre (Proto-Romance)

1. fail

Reconstruction notes

Conjugations such as 3SG */falˈlesket/ (> Portuguese falece) were used to build new infinitives in Ibero-Romance.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: fallire
    • →? Sicilian: falliri
• Insular Romance:
  • Old Sardinian: fallire
    • Sardinian: faddire, faddiri (Campidanese)
• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: fallir
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: fallir
  • Franco-Provençal: falyir
  • Old French: falir, faillir (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: falir, falhir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
    • Aragonese: fallir, fallexer
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: falir ⇒ falescer
    • Galician: falir, falecer
    • Portuguese: falir, falecer
  • Old Spanish: fallir ⇒ fallesçer
    • Spanish: fallir, fallecer

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fallĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 390