Etymology

fate

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Today it means: The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. Full definition →

Middle English fate ← Latin fāta
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  1. Latin · derived fromfāta“prediction”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfate
  3. English todayfate

From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird.

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