Where does “crossfade” come from?
crossfade (English) comes from English fade, from Middle English fade, from Middle Dutch vade, from Old French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.
crossfade (English): A fade in which the volume of one audio track is...
Definitions
- A fade in which the volume of one audio track is...
Ancestry of “crossfade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fade | Weak; insipid; tasteless |
| 2 | Middle English | fade | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vade | weak, faint, limp |
| 4 | Old French | fade | weak, witless |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fatidus | — |
| 6 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 7 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 8 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |