Where does “fatuo” come from?

fatuo (Italian) comes from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

fatuo (Italian): fatuous, vain; superficial

Definitions

  1. fatuous, vain; superficial

Ancestry of “fatuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
2Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
3Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
4Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

Words derived from “fatuo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic fāōr →Every word from Latin for →