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Where does “fabuleux” come from?

fabuleux (French) comes 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.

fabuleux (French): fabulous; fabled

Definitions

  1. fabulous; fabled

Ancestry of “fabuleux”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fabuleux”

  • fabuleusement
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