Where does “fatalisme” come from?
fatalisme (Catalan) comes from Catalan fatal, from Latin fatalis, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
fatalisme (Catalan): fatalism
Ancestry of “fatalisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | fatal | fatal |
| 2 | Latin | fatalis | of fate, destined, predestined; fatal, deadly |
| 3 | Latin | fātum | — |
| 4 | Latin | fātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |