Where does “fey” come from?
Fey comes from Middle English fey, from Old French feie, from Latin ficatum meaning "enchanted," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peyk- meaning "to mark or decorate."
fey (English): About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or...
Definitions
- About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or...
Ancestry of “fey”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | faie | Magical, enchanted, or otherworldly; fey or fae;... |
| 2 | Middle French | feie | — |
| 3 | Old French | fae | — |
| 4 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |