Where does “defect” come from?
Defect comes from Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus, the past participle of deficere, meaning to fail or fall short.
defect (English): A fault or malfunction; The quantity or amount by...
Definitions
- A fault or malfunction; The quantity or amount by...
Ancestry of “defect”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | defectus | failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect |
| 2 | Latin | deficio | I withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |