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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

  1. A god

Ancestry of “sky fairy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSky Fairy—
2EnglishFairy—
3Middle Englishfaierie—
4Old Frenchfaeriethe sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or...
5Old Frenchfae—
6Latinfāta—
7Latinfātum—
8Latinfātus—
9Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
10Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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