Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana ( “ Morgan le Fay ” ) , from fata ( “ fairy ” ) + Morgana ( “ Morgan ” ) .
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Ca. 1800, from Italian fata Morgana , which see. The underlying fictional character of Morgan le Fay was already known in Middle High German as Feimurgān . The spelling as two unconnected nouns is somewhat unusual, but may be due to the derivation from a proper noun.
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana ( “ Morgan le Fay ” ) , from fata ( “ fairy ” ) + Morgana ( “ Morgan ” ) .
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