English
fatidic
Fatidic comes from Latin fātidicus ‘prophetic’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfātidicus‘prophetic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969fatidic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfātidicus‘prophetic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969fatidic
Earliest quotation: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: “At that moment he felt quite proud of his…”
A compound of fātum ‘fate’ + dico ‘to speak’
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti ‘to show, point out’
Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’
Latin dico ‘to speak’
Every English word from Latin fātidicus
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fātidicus / fatidic