Etymograph

English

fabness

From a shortening of fabulousness, equivalent to fab + -ness.

Formed from fab + -ness

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

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Latin fābula ‘discourse, narrative’

Latin fābulōsus ‘fabled, fabulous, legendary’

Middle English fabulous

English fabulous

English fab

Today it means

noun Fabulousness.

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

Etymograph / fabness