The story
- Latin · derived fromfaber“craftsman”
- English todayFaber
From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.
Words from the same roots
Latinfaber all →
FavershamFabre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.