fetish, idol; amulet; fetish
“La sculpture caduveo […] se limite […] à des fétiches et des représentations de dieux toujours de petites dimensions.” — The [art of] Caduveo sculpture […] is limited […] to fetishes and representations of gods who always have small dimensions.
Synonyms: porte-bonheur
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétiche Borrowed from Portuguese feit