Where does “Interferenzfehler” come from?

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

Interferenzfehler (German): mistake caused by interference

Definitions

  1. mistake caused by interference

Ancestry of “Interferenzfehler”, step by step

Interferenzfehler 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 Interferenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInterferenzinterference
Every word from Latin fallēre