Where does “faillance” come from?

faillance (Old French) comes from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.

Ancestry of “faillance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
2Latinfallēre—

Words derived from “faillance”

Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Old French faillir →