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- Medieval Latin · derived fromfāda
- Old French · derived fromfae
- English todayfae
From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fae
Today it means: A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Full definition →
Old French fae ← Medieval Latin fāda