Where does “fabbo” come from?
fabbo (English) comes from English FAB, from English fabulous, from Latin fabulosus, 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.
fabbo (English): fabulous, excellent
Definitions
- fabulous, excellent
Ancestry of “fabbo”, step by step
fabbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English FAB
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | FAB | 1986, Márcio Souza, "The order of the day: an... |
| 2 | English | fabulous | Of or relating to fable, myth or legend;... |
| 3 | Latin | fabulosus | fabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English O
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 2 | Middle English | O | — |
| 3 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |