fateful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having far-reaching, often disastrous consequences

   On that fateful morning, the empire began to crumble.

From the noun 'fate' + the suffix '-ful'. 'Fate' is from Latin 'fātum' ('destiny, that which is spoken'), from 'fārī' ('to speak'), from Proto-Indo-European '*bʰeh₂-' ('to speak').

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