Where does “unfatuous” come from?
unfatuous (English) comes from English fatuous, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
unfatuous (English): Not fatuous
Definitions
- Not fatuous
Ancestry of “unfatuous”, step by step
unfatuous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fatuous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fatuous | Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in... |
| 2 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 3 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 4 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |