Where does “faute” come from?
faute (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
faute (Old French): fault; error; mistake
Ancestry of “faute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 2 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 3 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “faute”