Where does “feyness” come from?
feyness (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.
feyness (English): The state of being fey; A ghost resembling a...
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- The state of being fey; A ghost resembling a...
Ancestry of “feyness”, step by step
| 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 |