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Where does “-bula” come from?

-bula (Latin) comes from Latin fivo, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

-bula (Latin): -bula; nominative neuter plural of -bulum;...

Definitions

  1. -bula; nominative neuter plural of -bulum;...

Ancestry of “-bula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfivo—
2Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “-bula”

  • fabulous
  • fable
  • mandible
  • mandibular
  • Fab
  • temporomandibular
  • fib
  • fabulously
  • submandibular
  • FAB
  • fab
  • confabulation
  • fabula
  • confab
  • fabulist
  • fabliau
  • confabulate
  • maxillomandibular
  • retromandibular
  • fabulousness
  • fibber
  • oromandibular
  • hyomandibular
  • craniomandibular
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