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Etymology of "fairy"
All the standard dictionaries--with the notable exception of the OED--seem to trace the etymology of fairy through Old French fae to Latin fata, meaning "the fates" or "the goddess of fate". … I can buy the origin from French, but the French connection to fata seems strained. …
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