Where does “Rechenfehler” come from?
Rechenfehler (German) comes from German Fehler, from German fehlen, from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.
Rechenfehler (German): calculation error, miscalculation
Definitions
- calculation error, miscalculation
Ancestry of “Rechenfehler”, step by step
Rechenfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fehler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Fehler | fault, error, mistake |
| 2 | German | fehlen | to lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | vælen | — |
| 4 | Old French | faillir | alternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err |
| 5 | Latin | fallēre | — |
via German rechnen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 2 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |