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Where does “fabiform” come from?

fabiform (English) comes from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

fabiform (English): Shaped like a bean

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a bean

Ancestry of “fabiform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
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