Etymograph

English

fatigue

Fatigue comes from Latin fatigō ‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfatigōas fatīgāre‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentfatiguerdeverb.
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfatigue
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1837same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfatigōas fatīgāre‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentfatiguerdeverb.
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfatigue
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1837same form

Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Opinions: “Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring…”

Linked words

through Latin fatigō ‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’

indefatigable, 2 more

Another origin of fatigue

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfatigōas fatīgāre‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentfatiguer‘to tire’
  3. Englishtodayfatigue

Today it means

noun A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

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

Etymograph / Latin fatigō / fatigue

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