Where does “unfadeable” come from?
unfadeable (English) comes from English fadeable, 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 — to speak, to be talking.
unfadeable (English): That does not fade
Definitions
- That does not fade
Ancestry of “unfadeable”, step by step
unfadeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fadeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fadeable | Capable of fading, or losing its colour |
| 2 | English | fade | Weak; insipid; tasteless |
| 3 | Middle English | fade | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vade | weak, faint, limp |
| 5 | Old French | fade | weak, witless |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fatidus | — |
| 7 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |