fade
English
/feɪd/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fade derived from Middle Dutch vade (weak, limp, faint) derived from Old French fade (weak, witless) 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
- anti-fade English
- antifade English
- antifader English
- autofade English
- crossfade English
- crossfader English
- fadable English
- fadeable English
- fadeless English
- fadelessly English
- fadelessness English
- fadeometer English
- fadeout English
- fadeproof English
- fader English
- fadesome English
- fadeth English
- fadometer English
- fady English
- microfadeometer English
- never English
- neverfade English
- out English
- postfader English
- prefade English
- prefader English
- unfadable English
- unfadeable English
- feidata Finnish
- *fatidus Latin
- fatuitas Latin
- fatuus Latin
- fatuo Italian
- fade French
- fat French
- fatuo Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰat- Proto-Indo-European
- fatela Portuguese
- fátuo Portuguese
- fade Middle English
- fade Old French
- vade Middle Dutch
- fadeza Occitan
- fat Old Occitan