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
- idle talk; too much talk; foolish and irrelevant...
Ancestry of “abla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | habla | speech; speaking |
| 2 | Old Spanish | fabla | — |
| 3 | Latin | fābula | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |