Fatty
/ˈfæt.i/noun
A person or thing that is fat, or containing a lot of fat.
Did you know?The word comes from Old English *fǣtt*, meaning “fat, plump,” and it is ultimately tied to a Germanic root meaning “to feed” or “fatten,” showing how language has long linked nourishment, abundance, and bodily fullness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fattaz / *fēt-
“A root cluster connected with fatness and feeding”
Old English
OE
fǣtt
“Fat, plump, well-fed”
Middle English
ME
fatty
“Fat; full of fat”
Modern English
English
fatty
“Containing or covered with fat; a fat person or thing”