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- Latin · derived fromFabiānus“belonging to Fabius”
- English todayFabian
From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fabian
Fa·bi·anToday it means: Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines. Full definition →
Latin Fabiānus