Where does “fateful” come from?
Fateful derives from English fate, from Latin fata, from Latin fatum meaning "that which is spoken," from Latin for meaning "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- meaning "to speak."
fateful (English): Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s...
Definitions
- Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s...
Ancestry of “fateful”, step by step
fateful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fate | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine... |
| 2 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 3 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 4 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |