Where does “fetish” come from?
Fetish comes from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço meaning an artificial or contrived object, from Latin facticius, derived from facere meaning to make or do, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
fetish (English): Something which is believed to possess, contain,...
Definitions
- Something which is believed to possess, contain,...
Ancestry of “fetish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fétiche | fetish, idol; amulet; fetish |
| 2 | Portuguese | feitiço | feigned, false; witchcraft, sorcery; amulet,... |
| 3 | Latin | factīcius | — |
| 4 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “fetish”