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Where does “fadeless” come from?

fadeless (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.

fadeless (English): Not fading; eternal

Definitions

  1. Not fading; eternal

Ancestry of “fadeless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfadeWeak; insipid; tasteless; A golf shot that ...
2Middle Englishfade—
3Middle Dutchvadeweak, faint, limp
4Old Frenchfadeweak, witless
5Vulgar Latinfatidus—
6Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
7Latinfātus—
8Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
9Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

Words derived from “fadeless”

  • fadelessly
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