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
- joke; funny
Ancestry of “fattoe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sranan Tongo | fatu | fat, obese; fat; a joke |
| 2 | English | fat | Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;... |
| 3 | French | fat | conceited |
| 4 | Old Occitan | fat | — |
| 5 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 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 |