Etymograph

English

fatbutt

From fat + butt.

A compound of fat + butt

Proto-West Germanic *fait

Proto-West Germanic *faitijan ‘to make fat’

Proto-West Germanic *faitid ‘fatted’

Old English fǣtt ‘fatted’

Middle English fat ‘fattened’

English fat

Old English byt ‘small piece of land’

Middle English but ‘goal, mark, butt of land’

English butt

Today it means

noun An overweight person.

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

Etymograph / fatbutt