Where does “spelfout” come from?
spelfout (Dutch) comes from Dutch fout, from Middle Dutch faute, from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
spelfout (Dutch): spelling mistake, misspelling
Definitions
- spelling mistake, misspelling
Ancestry of “spelfout”, step by step
spelfout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fout | error; mistake; wrong |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | faute | — |
| 3 | Old French | faute | fault; error; mistake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 5 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 6 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Dutch spellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spellen | to spell |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spellen | to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spellon | to explain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spellōną | to talk, tell, recount |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spellą | news, message; tale, story |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |