Where does “infatuative” come from?
infatuative (English) comes from English infatuate, from Middle English infatuate, from Latin infatuātus, from Latin infatuo, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
infatuative (English): Characteristic of infatuation
Definitions
- Characteristic of infatuation
Ancestry of “infatuative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infatuate | To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or... |
| 2 | Middle English | infatuate | foolish |
| 3 | Latin | infatuātus | infatuated |
| 4 | Latin | infatuo | I make a fool of; I infatuate |
| 5 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 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 |