Where does “fautivement” come from?

fautivement (French) comes from French fautif, from French -if, from Middle French -if, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

fautivement (French): wrongly; erroneously

Definitions

  1. wrongly; erroneously

Ancestry of “fautivement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfautifincorrect; wrong; erroneous; faulty;...
2French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
3Middle French-if-ive
4Old French-if-ive
5Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from French -if →