Where does “faulte” come from?

faulte (Middle French) 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.

faulte (Middle French): fault; responsibility; culpability; fault; error;...

Definitions

  1. fault; responsibility; culpability; fault; error;...

Ancestry of “faulte”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →