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Where does “fáball” come from?

fáball (Old Irish) 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.

fáball (Old Irish): fable, fiction, romance

Definitions

  1. fable, fiction, romance

Ancestry of “fáball”, 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 “fáball”

  • fabhalscéalaí
  • fabhalscéalaíocht
  • fabhalscéal
  • fabhal
  • fabhalscríbhneoireacht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →