English
fattish
Fattish comes from Middle English fattisshe.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fattisshe
- Englishearliest quotation 1949fattish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fattisshe
- Englishearliest quotation 1949fattish
Earliest quotation: 1949, George Orwell: “He was a fattish but active man of paralysing…”
Formed from fat + -ish
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
Every English word from Middle English fattisshe
Today it means
adj Somewhat fat
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fattisshe / fattish