Where does “favalà” come from?
favalà (Istriot) comes from Vulgar Latin fabellare, from Latin fabulari, from Latin fabulor, from Latin fabula, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
favalà (Istriot): to speak, talk
Definitions
- to speak, talk
Ancestry of “favalà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | fabellare | present active infinitive of *fābellō |
| 2 | Latin | fabulari | present active infinitive of fābulor |
| 3 | Latin | fabulor | I chat, converse, talk; I make up a story |
| 4 | Latin | fabula | discourse, narrative; a fable, tale, story; a... |
| 5 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |