Originally the word was thought to come from Portuguese "feitico" and derived from the Latin, "factitius" or "facere", to do or to make.
The implication being the artefact was created artistically or by the supernatural and was worshipped in obsessive fashion because of its magical powers i.e. a lucky talisman.
The attraction could be sexual or non-sexual, and the object, inanimate or animate.
According to Steele (1996), the original meaning was either religious or anthropological.
By the nineteenth century, the term had been extended to refer to anything, which was irrationally worshipped.
French psychologist, Alfred Binet, was the first to describe fetish in the psychological sense, in 1887.
As the science of sexology developed from the nineteenth century the term fetish became firmly associated with sex and the attraction of certain portions of the female body, or specific articles of female attire.
Examples of body parts, which attract the fetishist, include feet, hair, buttocks, and breasts; and objects include gloves, lingerie, hose, leather, brassieres, and garters.
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