English

failgirl

Compound of fail + girl.

A compound of fail + girl

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Vulgar Latin *fallīre

Old French falir ‘to fail’

Middle English failen

English fail

Middle English gerle ‘young person’

English girl

Today it means

noun Synonym of girlfailure.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / failgirl