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fet.

To fetch.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɛt/
  1. To fetch.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *fetan, from Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

noun/fɛt/
  1. A piece.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).

noun/fɛt/
  1. Clipping of fetish.

    abbreviation · alt-of · attributive · clipping · uncountable
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