fat

fat · adjective¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*faitid“fatted”
2. Old English · inherited fromfǣtt“fatted, fat”
3. Middle English · inherited fromfat
4. English todayfat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

fat · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*faitą
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*fait
3. Old English · inherited fromfǣt“fat”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfat
5. English todayfat

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

fat · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pod-“vessel”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fatą“vessel”
3. Old English · inherited fromfæt“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfat
5. English todayfat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.

fat · noun⁴

1. French · derived fromfat“conceited person”
2. English todayfat

From French fat (“conceited person”).

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