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Where does “fattoe” come from?

fattoe (Dutch) comes from Sranan Tongo fatu, from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.

fattoe (Dutch): joke; funny

Definitions

  1. joke; funny

Ancestry of “fattoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sranan Tongofatufat, obese; fat; a joke
2EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
3Frenchfatconceited
4Old Occitanfat—
5Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
6Latinfātus—
7Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
8Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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