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Where does “faileth” come from?

Faileth comes from Old English -þ, Proto-Germanic -iþō, and Latin fallo, meaning "to deceive," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós.

faileth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “faileth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfailTo be unsuccessful; Not to achieve a particular...
2Middle Englishfailen—
3Anglo-Normanfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
4Vulgar Latinfallire—
5Latinfallō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →