Etymology

fortatter

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Today it means: To tear to tatters; tatter. Full definition →

Middle English fortateren
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfortateren
  2. English todayfortatter

From Middle English fortateren, equivalent to for- + tatter.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.