Where does “fauter” come from?
fauter (French) comes from French faute, from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
fauter (French): to make a mistake, to mess up
Definitions
- to make a mistake, to mess up
Ancestry of “fauter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faute | error, mistake; fault, blame; wrong, misdemeanor |
| 2 | Old French | faute | fault; error; mistake |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 4 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |