Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20151120024732/@comment-25086632-20151230180934

The word Fae has a...complicated etymology.

Well, to be precise it has two etymologies. It either comes from the Old French faerie, which itself ultimately comes from the Latin fātum, which means "fate".

Or, it can be an alternative spelling of fey, which is a Middle English word meaning "fated to die", which ultimately derives from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "ill-meaning;bad"