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
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “faileth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fail | To be unsuccessful; Not to achieve a particular... |
| 2 | Middle English | failen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | faillir | alternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |