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Where does “fat-tailed” come from?

fat-tailed (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.

fat-tailed (English): Having a fat tail; leptokurtic

Definitions

  1. Having a fat tail; leptokurtic

Ancestry of “fat-tailed”, 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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