Etymology

jeofail

jeo·fail
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Today it means: An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight. Full definition →

Old French j'ai failli
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromj'ai failli“I have failed”
  2. English todayjeofail

From Old French j'ai failli (“I have failed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.