English
fabulate
Fabulate comes from Latin fābulātus ‘having conversed’, from fābulor ‘to tell stories, chat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéh₂ti‘to speak, to be talking’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fāōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābula‘narrative, conversation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābulor‘to tell stories, chat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābulātus‘having conversed’perfect active participle of fābulor
- Englishearliest quotation 1630fabulate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéh₂ti‘to speak, to be talking’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fāōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābula‘narrative, conversation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābulor‘to tell stories, chat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfābulātus‘having conversed’perfect active participle of fābulor
- Englishearliest quotation 1630fabulate
Earliest quotation: 1630, Thomas Adams, The Taming of the Tongve: “The Fort is ſo barricadoed, that it is hard…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
phone, focus, professor, fuel, ben, famous, phase, ban, favor, fantasy, photographer, favourite, emphasis, fancy, phenomenon, profession, fame, bee, confession, fairy, abandon, confess, infant, phantom, symphony, beacon, beck, fatal, fate, boon, bane, epiphany, foyer, banish, fay, profess, bene, banal, nefarious, buoy, 122 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti ‘to speak, to be talking’
through Latin for
eff, affable, ineffable, 12 more
through Latin fābula ‘narrative, conversation’
Today it means
verb To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / fabulate