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Where does “affabuler” come from?

affabuler (French) comes from French fabuler, from Latin fābulor, 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.

affabuler (French): to make up stories, to tell a fable

Definitions

  1. to make up stories, to tell a fable

Ancestry of “affabuler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfabulerto fantasize
2Latinfābulor—
3Latinfābula—
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “affabuler”

  • affabulation
  • affabulateur
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