Where does “fabhalscéalaíocht” come from?
fabhalscéalaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish fabhalscéalaí, from Irish fabhalscéal, from Irish fabhal, from Old Irish fáball, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fabhalscéalaíocht (Irish): fable, fabulation
Definitions
- fable, fabulation
Ancestry of “fabhalscéalaíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | fabhalscéalaí | fabler, fabulist |
| 2 | Irish | fabhalscéal | fable, legendary story; apologue |
| 3 | Irish | fabhal | fable |
| 4 | Old Irish | fáball | fable, fiction, romance |
| 5 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |