English

faultfind

Back-formation from faultfinding, faultfinder, etc., equivalent to fault + find.

A compound of fault + find

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Vulgar Latin *fallita ‘shortcoming’

Anglo-Norman faute

Middle English faute

English fault

Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go’

Proto-Germanic *finþaną ‘to find’

Proto-West Germanic *finþan ‘to find’

Old English findan ‘to find’

Middle English finden ‘to find’

English find

Today it means

verb To find fault (with)

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

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