Reconstruction:Latin/Fata

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From fāta, the neuter plural of fātum reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈfata/

Proper noun

*Fāta f (oblique *Fātam); first declension

one of the Fates, a goddess of fate

Declension

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *fāta
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*fáta	*fátę
genitive	*fátę	*fatárọ
dative	*fátę	*fátis
accusative-ablative	*fátã	*fátas

Descendants

Italian: fata
Old French: fae
- Middle French: feie, fee
  - French: fée (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle English: faie, fei
    - English: fae, fay, fey
- Norman: fée
- → Middle Dutch: feye
  - Dutch: fee
    - Afrikaans: fee
    - → West Frisian: fee
- ⇒ Old French: faerie (see there for further descendants)
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: fada
- Occitan: fada
Venetian: fada
- → Cimbrian: faada
West Iberian
- Asturian: fada
- Old Portuguese: fada
  - Galician: fada
  - Portuguese: fada
- Spanish: hada, fada
  - → Hiligaynon: ada
  - → Tagalog: ada

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