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fetich

Meaningartificial, made by art

Common meaning: an object believed to have magic power

Journey through time

  1. Latinfactitiussource
  2. Portuguesefeitiço‘sorcery’source
  3. Frenchfétichesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssorcery → an object believed to have magic powerfetich‘an object believed to have magic power’ · today

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

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin factitius ‘artificial, made by art’.

Roots

  • factitius Latin “artificial, made by art”

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