Etymograph

English

pabulous

Pabulous comes from Latin pabulosus ‘abounding in fodder’, and goes back to pabulum ‘food or nourishment’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpabulum1‘food or nourishment’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpabulosus1‘abounding in fodder’
  3. Englishtodaypabulous1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pabulous

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpabulumWiktionary, English pabulous‘food or nourishment’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpabulosusWiktionary, English pabulous‘abounding in fodder’
  3. EnglishtodaypabulousWiktionary, English pabulous

Linked words

through Latin pāscō ‘to nourish’

pastor, 13 more

Today it means

adj nourishing

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pabulous”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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