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Where does “abla” come from?

abla (Tagalog) comes from Spanish habla, from Old Spanish fabla, 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.

abla (Tagalog): idle talk; too much talk; foolish and irrelevant...

Definitions

  1. idle talk; too much talk; foolish and irrelevant...

Ancestry of “abla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhablaspeech; speaking
2Old Spanishfabla—
3Latinfābula—
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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