The story
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromafaitie“accomplished, skillful”
- Polish · borrowed fromFait
- German · derived fromVeit
- English todayFait
Various origins: * A variant of German Veit. * Borrowed from Czech or Polish Fait, both from the German surname. * Perhaps from an obsolete English personal name derived from Anglo-Norman afaitie (“accomplished, skillful”).
Words from the same roots
GermanVeit all →
Veit
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.