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Where does “fat arrow” come from?

fat arrow (English) comes from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

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Ancestry of “fat arrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
2Frenchfatconceited
3Old Occitanfat—
4Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
5Latinfātus—
6Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
7Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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