Where does “faefolk” come from?
faefolk (English) comes from English fae, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
Ancestry of “faefolk”, step by step
faefolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fae | Alternative spelling of fey |
| 2 | Old French | fae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via English folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 2 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 3 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 4 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |