Latin

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Etymology

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From fābella (tale, short story) +‎ -or (deponent verb-forming suffix). Attested in glosses from late antiquity.[1]

Verb

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fābellor (present infinitive fābellārī, perfect active fābellātus sum); first conjugation, deponent (Late Latin)

  1. to recount, narrate

Descendants

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(See also fābulor.)

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fabellari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 341