Where does “foutief” come from?
foutief (Dutch) comes from French fautif, from French -if, from Middle French -if, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
foutief (Dutch): wrong, erroneous, incorrect
Definitions
- wrong, erroneous, incorrect
Ancestry of “foutief”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fautif | incorrect; wrong; erroneous; faulty;... |
| 2 | French | -if | -ive; used in forming adjectives denoting... |
| 3 | Middle French | -if | -ive |
| 4 | Old French | -if | -ive |
| 5 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |