Fido
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish or Italian fido from Latin fīdus (“faithful”). Popularly claimed to be directly from Latin fīdō (“I trust, rely on”) instead of the Romance intermediary, but this might be folk etymology.
The stereotypical dog's name is evidently very old; a newspaper from 1760 cites, "[a] small white Greyhound with a Collar, answers to the Name of Fido."
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editFido
- A representative given name for a dog.
- 2019, Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce, Unleashing Your Dog:
- This may provide a simple explanation for the seemingly universal desire of all dogs to drink from the toilet. Since toilet water has likely been refreshed more recently than the water in Fido's bowl, it tastes better.
- (networking) Clipping of FidoNet.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Fido.
Translations
editrepresentative given name for a dog
See also
editAnagrams
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- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪdəʊ
- Rhymes:English/aɪdəʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Networking
- English clippings
- en:Dogs