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Where does “fabhalscríbhneoireacht” come from?

fabhalscríbhneoireacht (Irish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fabhalscríbhneoireacht (Irish): writing of fables

Definitions

  1. writing of fables

Ancestry of “fabhalscríbhneoireacht”, step by step

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