Where does “féerique” come from?
féerique (French) comes from French féerie, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
féerique (French): relating to fairies; relating to fairytales
Definitions
- relating to fairies; relating to fairytales
Ancestry of “féerique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | féerie | what fairies do; any fictional universe involving... |
| 2 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 3 | Old French | fae | — |
| 4 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |