Where does “fala” come from?
fala (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese falar, from Old Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulor, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fala (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to say; to speak; to talk
Definitions
- to say; to speak; to talk
Ancestry of “fala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | falar | to speak; to talk; to communicate by any means;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | falar | — |
| 3 | Latin | fābulor | — |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |