English
fetti
Fetti may come from Spanish feria ‘fair’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentferia‘fair’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1992fetti
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentferia‘fair’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1992fetti
Earliest quotation: 1992, Let's Get Drunk: “I can't get enough of that fetti for real…”
The story
Probably a shortened form of Spanish feria (‘fair; street market; (slang) money’), itself from Latin fēriae (‘holy day; vacation; any occasion of rest’), thus making the term a doublet of fair. The fact that usage of fetti appears to be centred around California, where feria (‘money’) is also commonly used, makes a derivation from Spanish more plausible.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, defense, theme, feature, custom, sufficient, defence, treasury, treasure, ethnic, thesis, ethical, doom, defendant, deed, aesthetic, synthetic, auditorium, auditor, tick, demi, deem, spade, ethic, familial, medial, thematic, medallion, forfeit, ethos, duma, thesaurus, spatula, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
theology, dis, feast, atheist, atheism, profanity, fanatic, feral, profane, theism, fane, apotheosis, theist, 23 more
through Latin fēriae ‘holy day’
through Spanish feria ‘fair’
Today it means
noun Money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish feria / fetti