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Where does “fatty bom bom” come from?

fatty bom bom (English) comes from English fatty, from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.

fatty bom bom (English): A fat or overweight person

Definitions

  1. A fat or overweight person

Ancestry of “fatty bom bom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfattyContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat;...
2EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
3Frenchfatconceited
4Old Occitanfat—
5Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
6Latinfātus—
7Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
8Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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