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
fat arrow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fat | Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;... |
| 2 | French | fat | conceited |
| 3 | Old Occitan | fat | — |
| 4 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 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 |