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Where does “fabhalscéalaí” come from?

fabhalscéalaí (Irish) comes from Irish fabhalscéal, from Irish fabhal, from Old Irish fáball, 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.

fabhalscéalaí (Irish): fabler, fabulist

Definitions

  1. fabler, fabulist

Ancestry of “fabhalscéalaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfabhalscéalfable, legendary story; apologue
2Irishfabhalfable
3Old Irishfáballfable, fiction, romance
4Latinfābula—
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fabhalscéalaí”

  • fabhalscéalaíocht
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