Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action). · A failing grade in an academic examination. · A failure (something incapable of success). · Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUnsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-der. Proto-Italic *falsō? Classical Latin fallere Vulgar Latin *fallīre Old French falirbor. Middle English failen English fail Inherited from Middle English failen, borrowed from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”). Compare Alemannic German fääle (“to lack”), Cimbrian béelan, véelan (“to fail”), veln (“to be absent, missing”), Dutch falen, feilen (“to fail, miss”), German fallieren, fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fallera (“to fail, break, malfunction”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).
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- Inherited-form mentionfailenenm
- Derivation mentionfalirfro
- Derivation mentionfallōla · to deceive, disappoint
- Derivation mention*(s)gʷʰh₂el-ine-pro · to stumble
- Cognate mentionfäälegsw · to lack
- Cognate mentionbéelancim
- Cognate mentionfalennl
- Cognate mentionfallierende
- Cognate mentionfejleda · to fail, err
- Cognate mentionfallerasv · to fail, break, malfunction
- Cognate mentionfallares · to fail, miss
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