Where does “faulte” come from?
faulte (Middle English) 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 “faulte”, step by step
faulte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French faute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | faute | fault; error; mistake |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 3 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Anglo-Norman faute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | faute | fault; error; mistake |