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- Latin · derived fromfābula
- Old French · derived fromfable
- English todayfable
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula.
Words from the same roots
Latinfābula all →
fabula
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.