confabulate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[confabulate 词源字典]
1610s, from confabulatus, past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.[confabulate etymology, confabulate origin, 英语词源]