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habla f. (Noun) "speech"
12th cent. Old Spanish fabla. From Latin fabula 'id.,' from fari "to talk" and instrumental sufix -bula (see -ula). Latin fari is from Proto-Italic *fā- "to talk." From Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- 'id.'
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