Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Weak; insipid; tasteless.
A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed). · A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. · A fight. · A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
To hit the ball with the shot called a fade. · To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. · To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. · To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).
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