Etymograph

English

fadaise

Fadaise comes from French fadaise ‘uninteresting or banal thought’, from Latin fatuus ‘foolish, silly, simple, stupid’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *fātus.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fātusreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfatuus‘foolish, silly, simple, stupid’
  3. Occitanc. 1500–presentfadeza
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfadaise‘uninteresting or banal thought’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fātusreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfatuus‘foolish, silly, simple, stupid’
  3. Occitanc. 1500–presentfadeza
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfadaise‘uninteresting or banal thought’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin fatuus ‘foolish, silly, simple, stupid’

fat, fatuous, 1 more

Today it means

noun A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fātus / fadaise

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