Where does “fadelessly” come from?
fadelessly (English) comes from English fadeless, 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 — to speak, to be talking.
fadelessly (English): Without fading; lastingly or eternally
Definitions
- Without fading; lastingly or eternally
Ancestry of “fadelessly”, step by step
fadelessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fadeless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fadeless | Not fading; eternal |
| 2 | English | fade | Weak; insipid; tasteless |
| 3 | Middle English | fade | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vade | weak, faint, limp |
| 5 | Old French | fade | weak, witless |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fatidus | — |
| 7 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 8 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 9 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |