Where does “abla” come from?
abla (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish hablar, from Old Spanish fablar, from Latin fābulor, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
abla (Papiamentu): to speak; speech
Definitions
- to speak; speech
Ancestry of “abla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | hablar | to talk; to speak; to communicate using words; to... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | fablar | to speak |
| 3 | Latin | fābulor | to chat, converse, talk |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |