Etymograph

English

fatalness

From fatal + -ness.

Formed from fatal + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’

…

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 The quality of being fatal; deadliness.

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

Etymograph / fatalness