Where does “fei(n)e” come from?
fei(n)e (Middle High German) comes from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
Ancestry of “fei(n)e”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 2 | Old French | fae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |