fa·ta mor·ga·na 
(fä′tə môr-gänə)
(fä′tə môr-gänə)n.
See mirage.
[Italian, mirage, Morgan le Fay (from the belief that the mirage was caused by her witchcraft) : fata, fairy (from Vulgar Latin *fāta, goddess of fate; see FAIRY) + Morgana, Morgan le Fay; akin to Medieval Latin Morgen (ultimately of Celtic origin ; perhaps akin to Old Irish Morrígan, a powerful, often sinister female supernatural being of Irish myth).]
- Indo-European root: orbh-
- Indo-European root: ors-
- Indo-European root: ost-
- Indo-European root: ous-
- Indo-European root: owi-
- Indo-European root: pag-
- Indo-European root: pan-
- Indo-European root: pant-
- Indo-European root: papa
- Indo-European root: past-
- Indo-European root: pau-
- Indo-European root: pau-
- Indo-European root: paəwr̥
- Indo-European root: ped-
- Indo-European root: peig-
- Indo-European root: peiə-
- Indo-European root: peku-
- Indo-European root: pekw-
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pelə-
- Indo-European root: pelə-