English
Failla
Failla comes from Latin favilla ‘ember, cinder, glowing ash’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfavilla‘ember, cinder, glowing ash’
- Italianc. 1300–presentFailla
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfavilla‘ember, cinder, glowing ash’
- Italianc. 1300–presentFailla
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
down, steam, dye, funk, dew, dun, dune, duvet, dag, fume, thymus, obfuscate, fumigation, typhon, 27 more
Today it means
name A surname from Italian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin favilla / Failla