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)

fail

Reconstruction notes

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

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: fallire
- Dalmatian: fallir
  - →? 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:
- Old 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, volume 3: D–F, page 390