fatigue
/fəˈtiɡ/fuh-TEEG
/fəˈtiɡ/fuh-TEEG
Meaningtiring
Common meaning: great tiredness
- fatigto tire outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 729 · scan
- uespelling ending (via French)
Journey through time
- Latinfatīgō, fatīgāre‘to tire out’
- Old Frenchfatiguesource
- Englishfatigue‘great tiredness’ · today
fatig also in: indefatigable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin fatīgō ‘to tire out’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fatīgō, p. 729 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fatīgō, fatīgāre Latin “to tire out”
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