Etymology

fab

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Today it means: Fabulous (great or spectacular). Full definition →

English fabulousclip. ← Middle English fabulous ← Latin fābulōsus
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fab · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂ti
  3. Proto-Italic*fāōr
  4. Latinfor, fā-
  5. Latinfābula
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Latinfābulōsus
  9. Middle Englishfabulous
  10. Englishfabulousclip.
  11. English todayfab

From fabulous, by shortening.

fab · noun, verb2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Fab · noun3

From fab.

Fab · noun4

Abbreviation

FAB · interjection5

Coined by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for the TV series Thunderbirds (1965-1966), from fab, clipping of fabulous.

FAB · noun, adjective, proper noun6

Abbreviation.

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