English
fatalist
From fatal + -ist.
A compound of fatal + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
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Latin fātus ‘spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted’
Latin fātum
Latin fātālis
Middle French fatal ‘fatal (due to fate)’
English fatal
Today it means
noun One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fatalist