Where does “fadesome” come from?
fadesome (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.
fadesome (English): Characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade
Definitions
- Characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade
Ancestry of “fadesome”, step by step
fadesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fade
| 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 |