Where does “fatalness” come from?

fatalness (English) comes from English fatal, from Middle French fatal, from Latin fatalis, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

fatalness (English): The quality of being fatal; deadliness

Definitions

  1. The quality of being fatal; deadliness

Ancestry of “fatalness”, step by step

fatalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fatal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatalProceeding from, or appointed by, fate or...
2Middle Frenchfatalfatal due to fate
3Latinfatalisof fate, destined, predestined; fatal, deadly
4Latinfātumdestiny, fate, lot
5Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
6Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
7Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti
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