Where does “Fata Morgana” come from?
Fata Morgana (English) comes from Italian fata Morgana, from Italian fata, from Vulgar Latin Fata, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
Fata Morgana (English): A form of mirage caused by a temperature...
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- A form of mirage caused by a temperature...
Ancestry of “Fata Morgana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fata Morgana | Morgan le Fay |
| 2 | Italian | fata | fairy |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | Fata | goddess of fate; a goddess of fate |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |