Fata

== English == === Etymology === As an Italian surname, from Fato, a short form of the name Bonfato (see Bonifacio) or from fata (“fairy, preying pantis”). As an Hungarian surname, from the old personal name Fáta. === Proper noun === Fata (plural Fatas) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Fata is the 25226th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 982 individuals. Fata is most common among White (80.65%) individuals. === Anagrams === FTAA, afta, afta' == Latin == === Alternative forms === Fada (Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From fātum (“destiny, lot, fate”) and fātus (“oracle, prophecy, fate”); derived from verb for (“I speak”) from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.ta] === Proper noun === Fāta f (genitive Fātae); first declension (Greek mythology, mythology) alternative letter-case form of fāta (“Fate; Moira; Fairy, fay, deity of destiny; divine personification of fate”) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus). === Proper noun === Fāta n pl (genitive Fātōrum); second declension (Roman mythology) alternative letter-case form of fāta (“Fates; Parcae; Fairies, fey, deities of destiny; divine personifications of fate”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. ==== Related terms ==== Parca ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fadus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “Fata”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 655. Fata in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2697 == Romanian == === Etymology === From fata, definite form of fată. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Fata f a village in Vedea, Argeș County, Romania