fade

fade · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromfatuus“insipid”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*fatidus
3. Old French · derived fromfade“weak, witless”
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromvade“weak, faint, limp”
5. Middle English · inherited fromfade
6. English todayfade

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

fade · adjective²

1. Middle English · inherited fromfade
2. English todayfade

From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad.

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