Where does “chantefable” come from?
chantefable (French) comes from French 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.
chantefable (French): chantefable
Definitions
- chantefable
Ancestry of “chantefable”, step by step
chantefable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fable | fable, story |
| 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 |
via French chante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chante | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | cantatus | sung, having been sung |
| 3 | Latin | cantō | to enchant, or call forth by charms, chant |
| 4 | Latin | canō | to sing, recite, play |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |