Where does “feydom” come from?
feydom (English) comes from English fey, from Middle English faie, from Middle French feie, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.
feydom (English): The state of being fey or doomed
Definitions
- The state of being fey or doomed
Ancestry of “feydom”, step by step
feydom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fey | About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or... |
| 2 | Middle English | faie | Magical, enchanted, or otherworldly; fey or fae;... |
| 3 | Middle French | feie | — |
| 4 | Old French | fae | — |
| 5 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 6 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 7 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 8 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |