Where does “fatsuit” come from?

fatsuit (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.

fatsuit (English): A bodysuit-like undergarment that makes the...

Definitions

  1. A bodysuit-like undergarment that makes the...

Ancestry of “fatsuit”, step by step

fatsuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
2Frenchfatconceited
3Old Occitanfat
4Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
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 suit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuitA set of clothes to be worn together, now...
2Middle EnglishsuteClothes or clothing; especially those that match;...
3Anglo-Normansuitepursuit
4Vulgar Latinsequita
5LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
6Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
7Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂tiEvery word from Proto-Italic fāōrEvery word from Latin for