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fatEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fatEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fatEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fatEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English fat, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fatEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From French fat (“conceited person”).
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- FatMiddle English · word_fat_sb
Fat, sb. vessel, S, Voc.; fet, MD; uet, MD; feat, MD; ueat, S; faten, pl., S.—AS. fæt: OS. fat; cp. OHG. faz (Tatian). Source markup note (transcriber annotation; text “Voc.”): . missing
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Fat, adj. fat, MD; fet, S; fette, pl., S.—AS. fæt; cp. Icel. feitr.
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