Where does “sky fairy” come from?
sky fairy (English) comes from English Sky Fairy, from English Fairy, from Middle English faierie, from Old French faerie, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus — to speak, to be talking.
sky fairy (English): A god
Definitions
- A god
Ancestry of “sky fairy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sky Fairy | particularly the Abrahamic God |
| 2 | English | Fairy | A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism |
| 3 | Middle English | faierie | The land or domain in which magical or mythological creatures live; the Otherworld |
| 4 | Old French | faerie | the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or... |
| 5 | Old French | fae | — |
| 6 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 7 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 8 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 9 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |