English
fablelike
From fable + -like.
A compound of fable + -like
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
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Proto-Italic *fāōr ‘to speak’
Latin for ‘to speak, say’
Latin fābula
Old French fable ‘fable, story’
English fable
Today it means
adj Resembling a fable or fairy tale
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fablelike