fade
French
adj
Definitions
- tasteless, insipid
- boring; lukewarm
Etymology
Derived from Latin *fatidus, fatuus (foolish, insipid, silly, simple).
Origin
Latin
fatuus
Gloss
foolish, insipid, silly, simple
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fatidus Latin
- fatidus Latin
- fatuitas Latin
- fatuus Latin
- fad German
- fade German
- fád Hungarian
- fatuo Italian
- fadasse French
- fadement French
- fadette French
- fadeur French
- fat French
- fatuo Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰat- Proto-Indo-European
- fatela Portuguese
- fátuo Portuguese
- fad Danish
- fadøl Danish
- fade Old French
- fad Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fad Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fadeza Occitan
- fat Old Occitan