Where does “faultfully” come from?
faultfully (English) comes from English faultful, from English fault, from Middle English faulte, from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
faultfully (English): In a faultful manner
Definitions
- In a faultful manner
Ancestry of “faultfully”, step by step
faultfully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English faultful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faultful | Full of faults or sins |
| 2 | English | fault | A defect; something that detracts from... |
| 3 | Middle English | faulte | — |
| 4 | Old French | faute | fault; error; mistake |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 6 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |