diff --git a/src/runtime/includes/loaderQueue.ts b/src/runtime/includes/loaderQueue.ts
index 58c8158..6b01161 100644
--- a/src/runtime/includes/loaderQueue.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/includes/loaderQueue.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   $dictionary,
   addMessages,
 } from '../stores/dictionary';
-import { getRelatedLocalesOf } from '../stores/locale';
+import { getPossibleLocales } from '../stores/locale';
 
 type Queue = Set<MessagesLoader>;
 const queue: Record<string, Queue> = {};
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ function getLocaleQueue(locale: string) {
 }
 
 function getLocalesQueues(locale: string) {
-  return getRelatedLocalesOf(locale)
-    .reverse()
+  return getPossibleLocales(locale)
     .map<[string, MessagesLoader[]]>((localeItem) => {
       const localeQueue = getLocaleQueue(localeItem);
 
@@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ function getLocalesQueues(locale: string) {
 }
 
 export function hasLocaleQueue(locale: string) {
-  return getRelatedLocalesOf(locale)
-    .reverse()
-    .some((localeQueue) => getLocaleQueue(localeQueue)?.size);
+  return getPossibleLocales(locale).some(
+    (localeQueue) => getLocaleQueue(localeQueue)?.size,
+  );
 }
 
 function loadLocaleQueue(locale: string, localeQueue: MessagesLoader[]) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/includes/lookup.ts b/src/runtime/includes/lookup.ts
index d0d282d..921fe7c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/includes/lookup.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/includes/lookup.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getMessageFromDictionary } from '../stores/dictionary';
-import { getFallbackOf } from '../stores/locale';
+import { getPossibleLocales } from '../stores/locale';
 
 export const lookupCache: {
   [locale: string]: {
@@ -15,25 +15,25 @@ const addToCache = (path: string, locale: string, message: string) => {
   return message;
 };
 
-const searchForMessage = (path: string, locale: string): any => {
-  if (locale == null) return undefined;
+export const lookup = (path: string, refLocale: string) => {
+  if (refLocale == null) return undefined;
 
-  const message = getMessageFromDictionary(locale, path);
-
-  if (message) return message;
-
-  return searchForMessage(path, getFallbackOf(locale));
-};
-
-export const lookup = (path: string, locale: string) => {
-  if (locale in lookupCache && path in lookupCache[locale]) {
-    return lookupCache[locale][path];
+  if (refLocale in lookupCache && path in lookupCache[refLocale]) {
+    return lookupCache[refLocale][path];
   }
 
-  const message = searchForMessage(path, locale);
+  const locales = getPossibleLocales(refLocale);
 
-  if (message) {
-    return addToCache(path, locale, message);
+  for (let i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
+    const locale = locales[i];
+    const message = getMessageFromDictionary(locale, path);
+
+    if (message) {
+      // Used the requested locale as the cache key
+      // Ex: { en: { title: "Title" }}
+      // lookup('title', 'en-GB') should cache with 'en-GB' instead of 'en'
+      return addToCache(path, refLocale, message);
+    }
   }
 
   return undefined;
diff --git a/src/runtime/stores/dictionary.ts b/src/runtime/stores/dictionary.ts
index 9df6672..bce55ea 100644
--- a/src/runtime/stores/dictionary.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/stores/dictionary.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { writable, derived } from 'svelte/store';
 import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
 
 import type { LocaleDictionary, LocalesDictionary } from '../types/index';
-import { getFallbackOf } from './locale';
+import { getPossibleLocales } from './locale';
 import { delve } from '../../shared/delve';
 import { lookupCache } from '../includes/lookup';
+import { locales } from '..';
 
 let dictionary: LocalesDictionary;
 const $dictionary = writable<LocalesDictionary>({});
@@ -33,10 +34,20 @@ export function getMessageFromDictionary(locale: string, id: string) {
   return match;
 }
 
-export function getClosestAvailableLocale(locale: string): string | null {
-  if (locale == null || hasLocaleDictionary(locale)) return locale;
+export function getClosestAvailableLocale(refLocale: string): string | null {
+  if (refLocale == null) return undefined;
 
-  return getClosestAvailableLocale(getFallbackOf(locale));
+  const relatedLocales = getPossibleLocales(refLocale);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < relatedLocales.length; i++) {
+    const locale = relatedLocales[i];
+
+    if (hasLocaleDictionary(locale)) {
+      return locale;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
 }
 
 export function addMessages(locale: string, ...partials: LocaleDictionary[]) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/stores/formatters.ts b/src/runtime/stores/formatters.ts
index 55957f2..3a0eb1b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/stores/formatters.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/stores/formatters.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '../includes/formatters';
 import { getOptions } from '../configs';
 import { $dictionary } from './dictionary';
-import { getCurrentLocale, getRelatedLocalesOf, $locale } from './locale';
+import { getCurrentLocale, getPossibleLocales, $locale } from './locale';
 
 const formatMessage: MessageFormatter = (id, options = {}) => {
   if (typeof id === 'object') {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const formatMessage: MessageFormatter = (id, options = {}) => {
     if (getOptions().warnOnMissingMessages) {
       // istanbul ignore next
       console.warn(
-        `[svelte-i18n] The message "${id}" was not found in "${getRelatedLocalesOf(
+        `[svelte-i18n] The message "${id}" was not found in "${getPossibleLocales(
           locale,
         ).join('", "')}".${
           hasLocaleQueue(getCurrentLocale())
diff --git a/src/runtime/stores/locale.ts b/src/runtime/stores/locale.ts
index d879cc1..7888736 100644
--- a/src/runtime/stores/locale.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/stores/locale.ts
@@ -8,41 +8,33 @@ import { $isLoading } from './loading';
 let current: string;
 const $locale = writable(null);
 
-export function isFallbackLocaleOf(localeA: string, localeB: string) {
+export function isFallbackLocale(localeA: string, localeB: string) {
   return localeB.indexOf(localeA) === 0 && localeA !== localeB;
 }
 
 export function isRelatedLocale(localeA: string, localeB: string) {
   return (
     localeA === localeB ||
-    isFallbackLocaleOf(localeA, localeB) ||
-    isFallbackLocaleOf(localeB, localeA)
+    isFallbackLocale(localeA, localeB) ||
+    isFallbackLocale(localeB, localeA)
   );
 }
 
-export function getFallbackOf(locale: string) {
-  const index = locale.lastIndexOf('-');
-
-  if (index > 0) return locale.slice(0, index);
-
-  const { fallbackLocale } = getOptions();
-
-  if (fallbackLocale && !isRelatedLocale(locale, fallbackLocale)) {
-    return fallbackLocale;
-  }
-
-  return null;
+function getSubLocales(refLocale: string) {
+  return refLocale
+    .split('-')
+    .map((_, i, arr) => arr.slice(0, i + 1).join('-'))
+    .reverse();
 }
 
-export function getRelatedLocalesOf(locale: string): string[] {
-  const locales = locale
-    .split('-')
-    .map((_, i, arr) => arr.slice(0, i + 1).join('-'));
+export function getPossibleLocales(
+  refLocale: string,
+  fallbackLocale = getOptions().fallbackLocale,
+): string[] {
+  const locales = getSubLocales(refLocale);
 
-  const { fallbackLocale } = getOptions();
-
-  if (fallbackLocale && !isRelatedLocale(locale, fallbackLocale)) {
-    return locales.concat(getRelatedLocalesOf(fallbackLocale));
+  if (fallbackLocale) {
+    return [...new Set([...locales, ...getSubLocales(fallbackLocale)])];
   }
 
   return locales;
diff --git a/test/runtime/includes/lookup.test.ts b/test/runtime/includes/lookup.test.ts
index f989f2b..e4cf6b7 100644
--- a/test/runtime/includes/lookup.test.ts
+++ b/test/runtime/includes/lookup.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { init } from '../../../src/runtime/configs';
 import { lookup, lookupCache } from '../../../src/runtime/includes/lookup';
 import {
   $dictionary,
@@ -91,3 +92,11 @@ test('clears a locale lookup cache when new messages are added', () => {
   addMessages('en', { field: 'name2' });
   expect(lookup('field', 'en')).toBe('name2');
 });
+
+test('fallback to fallback locale', () => {
+  init({ fallbackLocale: 'en-GB', initialLocale: 'en-AU' });
+
+  addMessages('en-GB', { field: 'name' });
+
+  expect(lookup('field', 'en-AU')).toBe('name');
+});
diff --git a/test/runtime/stores/dictionary.test.ts b/test/runtime/stores/dictionary.test.ts
index ea7fa2d..20f90d7 100644
--- a/test/runtime/stores/dictionary.test.ts
+++ b/test/runtime/stores/dictionary.test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test('gets the closest available locale', () => {
 
 test("returns null if there's no closest locale available", () => {
   addMessages('pt', { field_1: 'name' });
-  expect(getClosestAvailableLocale('it-IT')).toBeNull();
+  expect(getClosestAvailableLocale('it-IT')).toBeUndefined();
 });
 
 test('lists all locales in the dictionary', () => {
diff --git a/test/runtime/stores/locale.test.ts b/test/runtime/stores/locale.test.ts
index 72e2511..2b973e9 100644
--- a/test/runtime/stores/locale.test.ts
+++ b/test/runtime/stores/locale.test.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 
 import { lookup } from '../../../src/runtime/includes/lookup';
 import {
-  isFallbackLocaleOf,
-  getFallbackOf,
-  getRelatedLocalesOf,
+  isFallbackLocale,
+  getPossibleLocales,
   getCurrentLocale,
   $locale,
   isRelatedLocale,
@@ -24,9 +23,9 @@ test('sets and gets the fallback locale', () => {
 });
 
 test('checks if a locale is a fallback locale of another locale', () => {
-  expect(isFallbackLocaleOf('en', 'en-US')).toBe(true);
-  expect(isFallbackLocaleOf('en', 'en')).toBe(false);
-  expect(isFallbackLocaleOf('it', 'en-US')).toBe(false);
+  expect(isFallbackLocale('en', 'en-US')).toBe(true);
+  expect(isFallbackLocale('en', 'en')).toBe(false);
+  expect(isFallbackLocale('it', 'en-US')).toBe(false);
 });
 
 test('checks if a locale is a related locale of another locale', () => {
@@ -37,65 +36,59 @@ test('checks if a locale is a related locale of another locale', () => {
   expect(isRelatedLocale('en-US', 'it')).toBe(false);
 });
 
-test('gets the next fallback locale of a locale', () => {
-  expect(getFallbackOf('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toBe('az-Cyrl');
-  expect(getFallbackOf('en-US')).toBe('en');
-  expect(getFallbackOf('en')).toBeNull();
-});
-
-test('gets the global fallback locale if set', () => {
-  init({ fallbackLocale: 'en' });
-  expect(getFallbackOf('it')).toBe('en');
-});
-
-test('should not get the global fallback as the fallback of itself', () => {
-  init({ fallbackLocale: 'en' });
-  expect(getFallbackOf('en')).toBeNull();
-});
-
-test('if global fallback locale has a fallback, it should return it', () => {
-  init({ fallbackLocale: 'en-US' });
-  expect(getFallbackOf('en-US')).toBe('en');
-});
-
-test('gets all fallback locales of a locale', () => {
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toEqual([
-    'az',
-    'az-Cyrl',
+test('gets all possible locales from a reference locale', () => {
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('en-US')).toEqual(['en-US', 'en']);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toEqual([
     'az-Cyrl-AZ',
+    'az-Cyrl',
+    'az',
   ]);
 });
 
 test('gets all fallback locales of a locale including the global fallback locale', () => {
   init({ fallbackLocale: 'pt' });
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US', 'pt']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US', 'pt']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toEqual([
-    'az',
-    'az-Cyrl',
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('en-US')).toEqual(['en-US', 'en', 'pt']);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toEqual([
     'az-Cyrl-AZ',
+    'az-Cyrl',
+    'az',
     'pt',
   ]);
 });
+
+test('remove duplicate fallback locales', () => {
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('en-AU', 'en-GB')).toEqual([
+    'en-AU',
+    'en',
+    'en-GB',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('gets all fallback locales of a locale including the global fallback locale and its fallbacks', () => {
-  init({ fallbackLocale: 'pt-BR' });
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US', 'pt', 'pt-BR']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('en-US')).toEqual(['en', 'en-US', 'pt', 'pt-BR']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('az-Cyrl-AZ')).toEqual([
-    'az',
-    'az-Cyrl',
-    'az-Cyrl-AZ',
-    'pt',
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('en-US', 'pt-BR')).toEqual([
+    'en-US',
+    'en',
     'pt-BR',
+    'pt',
+  ]);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('en-US', 'pt-BR')).toEqual([
+    'en-US',
+    'en',
+    'pt-BR',
+    'pt',
+  ]);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('az-Cyrl-AZ', 'pt-BR')).toEqual([
+    'az-Cyrl-AZ',
+    'az-Cyrl',
+    'az',
+    'pt-BR',
+    'pt',
   ]);
 });
 
 test("don't list fallback locale twice", () => {
-  init({ fallbackLocale: 'pt-BR' });
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('pt-BR')).toEqual(['pt', 'pt-BR']);
-  expect(getRelatedLocalesOf('pt')).toEqual(['pt']);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('pt-BR', 'pt-BR')).toEqual(['pt-BR', 'pt']);
+  expect(getPossibleLocales('pt', 'pt-BR')).toEqual(['pt', 'pt-BR']);
 });
 
 test('gets the current locale', () => {