Where does “semifable” come from?
semifable (English) comes from English 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, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
semifable (English): That which is part fable and part truth
Definitions
- That which is part fable and part truth
Ancestry of “semifable”, step by step
semifable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fable | A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some... |
| 2 | Old French | fable | fable, story |
| 3 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |