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    What English word for "destiny" is derived from Latin for "what they have said," they referring to the gods?

    Question #117042. Asked by flem-ish. (Aug 26 10 6:50 PM)


    flem-ish

    		Or grammatically more correct: that which has been said (by them).

    Aug 26 10, 9:28 PM
    looney_tunes

    		Fate. Fate comes from fatum, the past participle of fari, meaning 'speak, talk, say' especially in reference to the speech of a god.

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatum#Latin

    Aug 27 10, 1:54 AM

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