Where does “Fehlernährung” come from?

Fehlernährung (German) comes from German Fehler, from German fehlen, from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.

Fehlernährung (German): malnutrition, malnourishment

Definitions

  1. malnutrition, malnourishment

Ancestry of “Fehlernährung”, step by step

Fehlernährung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen—
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre—

via German Nahrung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNahrungfood and drink
Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Old French faillir →Every word from Middle High German vælen →