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Where does “nonfatty” come from?

nonfatty (English) comes from English fatty, from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.

nonfatty (English): Not fatty

Definitions

  1. Not fatty

Ancestry of “nonfatty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfattyContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat;...
2EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
3Frenchfatconceited
4Old Occitanfat—
5Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
6Latinfātus—
7Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
8Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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