Etymograph

English

fallo

Fallo comes from Spanish fallo ‘mistake’, and goes back to fallardeverb..

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentfallardeverb.
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfallo‘mistake’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentfallardeverb.
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfallo‘mistake’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun The dispositive portion of a court's ruling, coming at the end of the ruling.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish fallardeverb. / fallo