Etymograph

English

Fabius

Fabius comes from Latin Fabius ‘of or pertaining to the gens Fabia’, from faba ‘bean’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *fabā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFabius‘of or pertaining to the gens Fabia’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFabius‘of or pertaining to the gens Fabia’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin faba ‘bean’

fava, 6 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fabā / Fabius

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