Where does “fabulose” come from?

fabulose (Latin) comes from Latin fabulosus, 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.

fabulose (Latin): fabulously, falsely

Definitions

  1. fabulously, falsely

Ancestry of “fabulose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfabulosusfabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary
2Latinfābuladiscourse, narrative
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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