Words that come from Old French faillir

84 words across 17 languages descend from Old French faillir — including failure, nonfailure, postfailure, failureproof, falen, falen, faalangst, feelen.

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German (48)

English (8)

Serbo-Croatian (7)

Dutch (3)

Polish (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Middle High German (2)

Swedish (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old French (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Kashubian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Japanese (1)