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Where does “fabúlera” come from?

fabúlera (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fabúla, 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.

fabúlera (Icelandic): to fabricate, to make up, to spin

Definitions

  1. to fabricate, to make up, to spin

Ancestry of “fabúlera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfabúlafable; made-up story
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
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