fayyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[fay 词源字典]
fay: see fairy
[fay etymology, fay origin, 英语词源]
fay (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"fairy," late 14c., from Old French fae (12c., Modern French fée), from Vulgar Latin *fata "goddess of fate," fem. singular of Latin fata (neuter plural), literally "the Fates" (see fate (n.)). Adjective meaning "homosexual" is attested from 1950s.
FayyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
fem. proper name, in some cases from Middle English fei, Old French fei "faith," or else from fay "fairy."