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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...

Definitions

  1. A form of Medieval French literature with...

Ancestry of “chantefable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchantefablechantefable
2Frenchfablefable, story
3Old Frenchfablefable, story
4Latinfābula—
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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