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Этимология
() Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”)“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001, from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”). Surface analysis is defalcate + -tion (“the act of”).