fabellor

Latin

Etymology

From fābella (“tale, short story”) +‎ -or (deponent verb-forming suffix). Attested in glosses from late antiquity.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /faˈβɛllo(r)/

Verb

fābellor (present infinitive fābellārī, perfect active fābellātus sum); first conjugation, deponent (Late Latin)

  1. to recount, narrate

Descendants

(See also fābulō.)

  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: favellare
    • Sassarese: fabiddà
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: fevelâ
    • Istriot: favalà
    • Romansch: favler
    • Venetian: favelar (obsolete?)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: faveler
      • Lorrain: feuvler, fofler
    • Old Occitan: favelar
      • Provençal: favelar

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fabellari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 341
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