Where does “deficit” come from?

deficit (Italian) comes from English deficit, from French déficit, from Latin deficit — third-person singular present active indicative...

deficit (Italian): deficit

Definitions

  1. deficit

Ancestry of “deficit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeficitDeficiency in amount or quality; a falling short;...
2Frenchdéficitdeficit; shortage; deficiency
3Latindeficitthird-person singular present active indicative...
Every word from Latin deficit →Every word from French déficit →Every word from English deficit →