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Where does “fève” come from?

fève (French) comes from Spanish FEVE, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

fève (French): bean, generally; strictly, the broad bean "Vicia...

Definitions

  1. bean, generally; strictly, the broad bean "Vicia...

Ancestry of “fève”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishFEVE—
2Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “fève”

  • fabo
  • sojfabo
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