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English

Sabellian

Sabellian comes from Latin Sabellus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESabellus
  2. EnglishtodaySabellian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESabellus
  2. EnglishtodaySabellian

Formed from -ian

The story

From Latin Sabellus + -ian, pertaining to the Sabellī, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn- (whence also Samnium, Samnones, Sabus, Sabīnus), perhaps from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, sometimes identified with the reflexive pronoun *swé (‘self’) for the assumed meaning “one's own” (compare Proto-Germanic *swēbaz for a similar etymology), but this is highly suspect on phonetic grounds.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from Latin Sabellus

Today it means

name A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

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