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English
Etymology
From 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, " small white Greyhound with a Collar, answers to the Name of Fido."
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Proper noun
Fido
- 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.
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Translations
representative given name for a dog
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