Where does “fee” come from?
fee (Dutch) comes from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
fee (Dutch): fairy
Ancestry of “fee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 2 | Old French | fae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fāta | — |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | — |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |