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Fatigue

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means extreme tiredness resulting from physical or mental exertion
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Stage 1 of 3
fatigare
Latin · ancient
"to tire out"
to tire, to weary
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Stage 2 of 3
fatigue
French · medieval
"extreme tiredness"
carried into French for extreme tiredness
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Stage 3 of 3
fatigue
English · 1600s
"extreme tiredness from exertion"
settled as the English word for extreme physical or mental tiredness
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