Where does “winterfat” come from?
winterfat (English) comes from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
winterfat (English): Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in...
Definitions
- Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in...
Ancestry of “winterfat”, step by step
winterfat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fat | Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;... |
| 2 | French | fat | conceited |
| 3 | Old Occitan | fat | — |
| 4 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |