Where does “fablier” come from?
fablier (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.
fablier (French): a fabler, one who tells tales
Definitions
- a fabler, one who tells tales
Ancestry of “fablier”, step by step
| 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 |