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Where does “fabella” come from?

fabella (New Latin) comes from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

fabella (New Latin): story, fable, play

Definitions

  1. story, fable, play

Ancestry of “fabella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “fabella”

  • fabella
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