Where does “fady” come from?
fady (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.
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Ancestry of “fady”, step by step
fady traces back through 3 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |