The story
- Latin · derived fromde
- French · derived fromdéfaillir
- English todaydefail
French défaillir to fail; prefix dé- (Latin de) + faillir. See fail, and compare default.
Words from the same roots
Latinde all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.