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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

fay (arch.) fairy. XIV. — OF. fa(i)e (mod. fée; = It. fata) :- L. fāta the Fates (pl. of fātum FATE) taken as fem. sg. in Rom.

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