Where does “made to fade” come from?

made to fade (English) comes from English fade, from Middle English fade, from Middle Dutch vade, from Old French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.

made to fade (English): Of a product, most commonly specialty tattoo ink or hair dye, engineered to gradually break down and disappear over a specific timeframe, rather than remaining permanent

Definitions

  1. Of a product, most commonly specialty tattoo ink or hair dye, engineered to gradually break down and disappear over a specific timeframe, rather than remaining permanent

Ancestry of “made to fade”, step by step

made to fade traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English fade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfadeWeak; insipid; tasteless
2Middle Englishfade
3Middle Dutchvadeweak, faint, limp
4Old Frenchfadeweak, witless
5Vulgar Latinfatidus
6Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
7Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
8Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
9Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via English to

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoA particle used for marking the following verb as...
2Middle Englishtotoe; to; too
3Middle Englishtonethe one
4LatintonusThe stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;...
5Ancient Greekτόνοςrope, cord; chord; tone, note
6Proto-Hellenictónosrope, cord; tension
7Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via English made

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmadeA grub or maggot; simple past tense and past...
2Middle EnglishmadeAlternative form of madde; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishmacode
4Old Englishmacianto make
5Emilianmâciaspot, stain
6LatinMacula
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti