Where does “faultare” come from?
faultare (Romanian) comes from Romanian faulta, from Romanian fault, from English fault, from Middle English faulte, from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
faultare (Romanian): committing a fault
Definitions
- committing a fault
Ancestry of “faultare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | faulta | to commit a foul play |
| 2 | Romanian | fault | foul |
| 3 | English | fault | A defect; something that detracts from... |
| 4 | Middle English | faulte | — |
| 5 | Old French | faute | fault; error; mistake |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 7 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |