Where does “fade” come from?

fade (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin fatidus, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

fade (Old French): weak, witless

Definitions

  1. weak, witless

Ancestry of “fade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfatidus—
2Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
3Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
4Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
5Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

Words derived from “fade”

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