Reconstruction:Latin/fallire
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Reassignment of Classical fallere to the fourth conjugation.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*fallīre (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes edit
Conjugations such as 3SG */falˈlesket/ (> Portuguese falece) were used to build new infinitives in Ibero-Romance.
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- 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:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fallĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 390