Fairy

Morpheme

Fairy

Type

free base

Denotation

mythological creatures with magical powers, realm of such creatures

Etymology

Middle English faierie, fairie; Old French faerie, from fae + -erie; Latin fāta, from fātum and fātus, from fārī, fārier

Evidence

afairyist, fairies, fairily, fairy, fairybells, fairybook, fairycore, fairydom, fairyfly, fairyhood, fairyish, fairyism, fairykind, fairyland, fairylike, fairylore, fairyness, fairyology, fairyship, fairysome, fairywren

Notes

homophone of Ferry