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Where does “fad” come from?
fad (Irish) comes from Old Irish fot, from Proto-Celtic *wazdos.
fad
(Irish): length
Definitions
length
Ancestry of “fad”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
fot
length
2
Proto-Celtic
*wazdos
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Words derived from “fad”
Black
blacksmith
Blackwood
blackmail
blacker
blackguard
blackbird
Blackbeard
blackface
blacklist
blacktop
Blackjack
blackmailer
blackthorn
lampblack
Blackacre
blackly
blacksmithing
blaxploitation
antiblack
bootblack
blackleg
blackfish
nonblack
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