Where does “fayit” come from?

fayit (Haitian Creole) comes from French faillite, from Italian fallita — feminine singular of fallito; bankrupt; failure.

fayit (Haitian Creole): bankruptcy

Definitions

  1. bankruptcy

Ancestry of “fayit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaillitebankruptcy; failure
2Italianfallitafeminine singular of fallito; bankrupt; failure
Every word from Italian fallita →Every word from French faillite →