French word faux pas comes from French pas, French faux

Detailed word origin of faux pas

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
pas	French (fra)	(geography) strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, "Strait of Dover"). Step, pace, footstep (colloquial) not. (ne ... pas) not.
faux	French (fra)	Badly; inaccurately; untruly False; not real. False; untrue Scythe.
faux pas	French (fra)	(figuratively) faux pas, blunder. Stumble, misstep, false step.

Words with the same origin as faux pas