Where does “fatuous” come from?
Fatuous comes from Latin fatuus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰat-, with the original sense referring to something foolish or insipid.
fatuous (English): Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in...
Definitions
- Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in...
Ancestry of “fatuous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 2 | Latin | fātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
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