English

FOBulous

Blend of FOB + fabulous.

Low German Fobke ‘pocket’

English FOB

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

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Latin for

Latin fābula ‘discourse, narrative’

Latin fābulōsus ‘celebrated in fable’

Middle English fabulous

Today it means

adj Having the characteristics of an immigrant, but having mostly assimilated into the local culture.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / FOBulous