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fábrica f. (Noun) "factory" 15th cent. Borrowed from Latin fabrica "workshop." The native descendent of fabrica is fragua. Indo-European Romance Catalan fàbrica, French fabrique, Italian fabbrica, Romanian fabrică, Sardinian fravica Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fabro m. (Noun) (obsolete) "artisan" From Latin fabrum, accusative of faber 'id.' Dissimilated from Proto-Italic *fafro- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *d^hHb^h-ro- "craftsman." Still in use as the surnames Fabro, Fabros. Indo-European Romance Portuguese fabro, Italian fabbro, Aromanian favru, Romanian faur, Sardinian frau, frab, frabbu Armenian Armenian darbin "smith" If fabro and its cousins are etymologically related to a smattering of words found in Baltic (Lithuanian dabà "nature"), Slavic (Old Church Slavonic podoba "ornamentation"), and Germanic (Gothic gadof "fitting," "right"), then Beekes (1996) believes all of these words must be borrowed from a non-Indo-European language with a root *d^hab^h-. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon. BRILL. 2014. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. BRILL. 2014. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
fábula f. (Noun) "fable," "rumor" A learned borrowing from Latin fabula 'id.,' from fari "to talk" and instrumental suffix -bula. The native word in Spanish is habla. Indo-European Romance Portuguese fábula, French fable, Italian favola Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fácil (Adjective) "easy" From Latin facilis 'id.' Formed from facere "to make" and -ilis, a suffix indicating a relational state (see hacer and -il respectively). Indo-European Romance Portuguese fácil, Galician fácil, Catalan fácil, French facile, Italian facile Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-facto (Suffix) "made" From Latin factus 'id.' (see hacer).
fallar (Verb) "to fail" From Latin fallare "to deceive," "to mistake." From Proto-Italic *faln-e/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *sg^whel-n- "to stumble." According to Tibón (1988), fallar is the origin of the surname de Falla. He also writes that the word is not the origin of the surname de Falla found in Valencia, though he states this without further explanation. Indo-European Romance Portuguese falhar, French faillir, Italian fallare Hellenic Ancient Greek σφάλλομαι (sp^hállomai) "to fall," "to be ruined" Armenian Armenian sxalem "to fail" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit skhalate "to stumble," Middle Persian škarwīdan 'id.' de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
falta f. (Noun) "absence;" "fault" 13th cent. From Vulgar Latin *fallita 'id.,' from fallere "to deceive," "to mistake" (see fallar). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
faltar (Verb) "to fault" 14th cent. From Latin faltare 'id.,' from fallere "to deceive" (see fallar) and -tare, a frequentive suffix. The frequentive suffixes in Latin indicated repeated actions. Suffixes like these are akin to the English suffix -le, found in words like joust ~ jostle and mud ~ muddle. Suffix -tare belongs to a larger group of frequentive suffixes in Latin, -tare, -(s)sare, and -itare, all derived from the present tense of the ancient verb. See Sihler (2008) for further discussion. For information on the Latin suffixes -titare and -sitare as found in Spanish, see cantar. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fama f. (Noun) "fame" 10th cent. From Latin fama 'id.' From Proto-Italic *fāma- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^heh₂-mh₂- "reputation," but originally "speech." From the root *b^heh₂- "to say." See also habla. Indo-European Romance Portugese fama, Catalan fama, French fameux, Italian fameux, Romanian faimă Italic Oscan faamat "orders" Hellenic Ancient Greek φήμη (p^héme) "speech," Doric φάμα (p^háma) 'id.,' Aeolic φάμα (p^háma) 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
familia f. (Noun) "family" 13th cent. From Latin familia (legal) "family," but more commonly (and originally) "slave staff." From Proto-Italic *famelias 'id.' A noun formed from an adjective *famelio- "domestic," "of the house," which dates back to a noun in Proto-Indo-European *d^hh₁-m-elo- "foundation" (see fámulo). Indo-European Romance Asturian familia, Portuguese família, Galician familia, Catalan família, French famille, Italian famiglia, Aromanian fumealji, Romanian familie, Sardinian famíglia Italic Oscan famelos "household," fml "slave," Umbrian fameřias "household," Paelignian famel "slave" Hellenic Ancient Greek θεμέλια (t^hemélia) "foundation" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.