Where does “feino” come from?
feino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto feo, from German Fee, from Middle High German fei(n)e, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus — to speak, to be talking.
feino (Esperanto): fairy
Definitions
- fairy
Ancestry of “feino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | feo | fairy |
| 2 | German | Fee | fairy |
| 3 | Middle High German | fei(n)e | — |
| 4 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 5 | Old French | fae | — |
| 6 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 7 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 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 |