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Where does “hâbleur” come from?

hâbleur (French) comes from French hâbler, from Spanish hablar, from Old Spanish fablar, from Latin fābulor, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

hâbleur (French): boastful, bragging; braggart, boaster

Definitions

  1. boastful, bragging; braggart, boaster

Ancestry of “hâbleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhâblerto speak, talk
2Spanishhablarto talk; to speak; to communicate using words; to...
3Old Spanishfablar—
4Latinfābulor—
5Latinfābula—
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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