Where does “fat” come from?

Fat derives from Old English fæt, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod-, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European peyH-.

fat (English): Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;...

Definitions

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;...

Ancestry of “fat”, step by step

fat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfatconceited
2Old Occitanfat—
3Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
4Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
5Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
6Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via Middle English fat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfatvat, vessel, cask
2Old Englishfætvessel, cup; gold plate
3Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
4Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

Words derived from “fat”

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