Where does “faille” come from?

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

faille (Old French): failure

Definitions

  1. failure

Ancestry of “faille”, step by step

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

Words derived from “faille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →