English

findfault

From find + fault.

A compound of find + 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

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Vulgar Latin *fallita ‘shortcoming’

Anglo-Norman faute

Middle English faute

English fault

Today it means

noun A faultfinder.

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

Etymograph / findfault