Where does “infatuate” come from?
infatuate (Middle English) comes from Latin infatuātus, from Latin infatuo, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
infatuate (Middle English): foolish
Ancestry of “infatuate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | infatuātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | infatuo | I make a fool of; I infatuate |
| 3 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 4 | Latin | fātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
Words derived from “infatuate”