Etymology of the Latin word fabula
the Latin word
fabula (story, tale, fable)
derived from the Latin word
fari (speak, talk; say)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhā-Derivations in Latin
fabulari,
fabulosus,
flaba,
affabulatioDerivations in other languages
French
fable, French
fabled, French
fabuliste, French
fabliau), Italian
favola, Italian
favola, Italian
fola, Portuguese
fábula, Spanish
fabla, Spanish
fábula, Spanish
hablaCognates
Dutch
fabel, English
fable, French
fable, German
Fabel, Lithuanian
fabula, Norwegian
fabel, Russian
фабyлa, Swedish
fabelUsage
Word found in Medieval Latin, Classical Latin
