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Where does “phatness” come from?

phatness (English) comes from English phat, 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.

phatness (English): Fullness, richness, body

Definitions

  1. Fullness, richness, body

Ancestry of “phatness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphatExcellent; cool; very good; Sexy; Rich in...
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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