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Where does “feyly” come from?

feyly (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.

feyly (English): In a fey way

Definitions

  1. In a fey way

Ancestry of “feyly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeyAbout to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or...
2Middle EnglishfaieMagical, enchanted, or otherworldly; fey or fae;...
3Middle Frenchfeie—
4Old Frenchfae—
5Latinfāta—
6Latinfātum—
7Latinfātus—
8Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
9Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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