Where does “chantefable” come from?
chantefable (English) comes from French chantefable, from French fable, from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chantefable (English): A form of Medieval French literature with...
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- A form of Medieval French literature with...
Ancestry of “chantefable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chantefable | chantefable |
| 2 | French | fable | fable, story |
| 3 | Old French | fable | fable, story |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |