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
- fabulously, falsely
Ancestry of “fabulose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fabulosus | fabled, fabulous (celebrated in fable), legendary |
| 2 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |