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Where does “unfateful” come from?

unfateful (English) comes from English fateful, from English fate, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

unfateful (English): Not fateful

Definitions

  1. Not fateful

Ancestry of “unfateful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatefulMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s...
2EnglishfateThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine...
3Latinfātum—
4Latinfātus—
5Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
6Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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