Etymograph

English

failson

Compound of fail + son.

A compound of fail + son

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Vulgar Latin *fallīre

Old French falir ‘to fail’

Middle English failen

English fail

Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to bear’

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Proto-Germanic *sunuz

Proto-West Germanic *sunu

Old English sunu

Middle English sonn

English son

Today it means

noun An incompetent, unsuccessful middle- or upper-class man who is protected from economic duress by his family's wealth or influence.

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

Etymograph / failson