Where does “megafab” come from?
megafab (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.
megafab (English): A very large-scale manufacturing plant, especially one producing silicon chips
Definitions
- A very large-scale manufacturing plant, especially one producing silicon chips
Ancestry of “megafab”, step by step
megafab 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 |