Where does “faute” come from?

faute (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

Ancestry of “faute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfautefault; error; mistake
2Vulgar Latinfallitashortcoming
3Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
4Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “faute

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-
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