Where does “uber-fabulous” come from?
uber-fabulous (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
uber-fabulous (English): Exceedingly fabulous; beyond fabulous; super...
Definitions
- Exceedingly fabulous; beyond fabulous; super...
Ancestry of “uber-fabulous”, step by step
uber-fabulous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fabulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fabulous | Of or relating to fable, myth or legend;... |
| 2 | Latin | fabulosus | fabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary |
| 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 |
via English Uber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Uber | A car ride requested using the mobile application... |
| 2 | German | über | above, over; about, concerning, over, at; via,... |
| 3 | Old High German | ubari | over |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |