apologue

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπόλογος“story, tale, fable”
2. Latin · derived fromapologus
3. French · borrowed fromapologue
4. English todayapologue

Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Equivalent to apo- + -logue.