Proto-Indo-European

*(s)gʷʰh₂el-

‘to stumble’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-, most familiar first.

• failure ← failer ← falir ← *fallīre ← fallō
• fault ← faute ← faute ← *fallita ← falsus
• false ← fals ← falsus ← fallō ← *falsō
• fail ← failen ← falir ← *fallīre ← fallere
• default ← defaut ← defaute ← fallo ← *falsō
• falsely ← falsly ← fals ← fals ← falsus
• faux ← faulx ← fals ← falsus ← fallō
• asphalt ← asphaltum ← ἄσφαλτος ← σφάλλω
• fallacy ← fallaci ← fallace ← fallācia ← fallāx
• falsetto ← falso ← falsus ← fallō ← *falsō
• fallacious ← fallacieux ← fallācia ← fallāx ← fallō
• fallible ← fallibilis ← fallō ← *falsō

More words from *(s)gʷʰh₂el-

• falsify
• falsity
• fallax
• falsum
• falsary
• failance
• refel

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-