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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfautefault; error; mistake
2Vulgar Latinfallitashortcoming
3Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
4Latinfallō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “faulte”

  • fault
  • faulty
  • faultless
  • faultlessly
  • faultfinding
  • faultiness
  • faultily
  • faultlessness
  • faultfinder
  • faultful
  • postfault
  • faulter
  • nonfaulty
  • subfault
  • unfaulty
  • footfault
  • faultable
  • findfault
  • unfaultable
  • pseudofault
  • downfault
  • upfault
  • faultworthy
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