Where does “affabulare” come from?
affabulare (Italian) comes from French affabuler, from French fabuler, from Latin fābulor, 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.
affabulare (Italian): to portray in the form of a fairy tale
Definitions
- to portray in the form of a fairy tale
Ancestry of “affabulare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | affabuler | to make up stories, to tell a fable |
| 2 | French | fabuler | to fantasize |
| 3 | Latin | fābulor | to chat, converse, talk |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |