failure的词源

英文词源

failure (n.)

1640s, failer, "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer, Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure. Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837.

中文词源

failure：失败

来自fail, 失败。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：failure 词源，failure 含义。

failure：失败，不及格；失败者；故障，失灵

来源于拉丁语动词fallere。

同源词：fail, fallacy, fallible, false, fault