Where does “fee” come from?
fee (West Frisian) comes from Dutch fee, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
fee (West Frisian): livestock; fairy
Definitions
- livestock; fairy
Ancestry of “fee”, step by step
fee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fee | fairy |
| 2 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 3 | Old French | fae | — |
| 4 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |