Where does “faille” come from?
faille (French) comes from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
faille (French): fault; flaw; third-person singular present...
Definitions
- fault; flaw; third-person singular present...
Ancestry of “faille”, step by step
faille traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French faillir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 2 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 3 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |