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Where does “fabulosus” come from?

fabulosus (Latin) comes 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.

fabulosus (Latin): fabled, fabulous , legendary

Definitions

  1. fabled, fabulous , legendary

Ancestry of “fabulosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfābula—
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fabulosus”

  • fabulous
  • Fab
  • fabulously
  • FAB
  • fab
  • fabulousness
  • frabjous
  • fabby
  • unfabulous
  • superfabulous
  • fabbo
  • ghetto fabulous
  • subfab
  • uber-fabulous
  • ultrafabulous
  • fabber
  • frabjously
  • fabulosamente
  • fabuloso
  • favoloso
  • favolosamente
  • favolosità
  • fabuleusement
  • fabuleux
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