Etymology

fatality

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Today it means: The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. Full definition →

French fatalité
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  1. French · derived fromfatalité
  2. English todayfatality

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.