Unknown. Possibly from the diminutive of a now-lost word in early Romanian, perhaps *fau > făuș (with the suffix -uș), later with the suffix -el. The root may derive from Latin fava (“bean”) (through a masculine or neuter form *fabus; cf. fabulus); compare also Aromanian fauã (“bean”). The analogy or comparison would be that of a small egg from a young hen to a bean[1]
făușel n (plural făușele)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | făușel | făușelul | făușele | făușelele | |
genitive-dative | făușel | făușelului | făușele | făușelelor | |
vocative | făușelule | făușelelor |