Where does “fay” come from?
fay (Cornish) comes from Middle English faie, from Middle French feie, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
fay (Cornish): faith
Definitions
- faith
Ancestry of “fay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | faie | Magical, enchanted, or otherworldly; fey or fae;... |
| 2 | Middle French | feie | — |
| 3 | Old French | fae | — |
| 4 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |