Words that come from Vulgar Latin “fica”

108 words across 31 languages descend from Vulgar Latin fica — including fig, Feigenbaum, fike, figwort, figleaf, figgy, figgery, figpecker.

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English (19)

German (12)

Finnish (12)

Old English (9)

Polish (6)

Swedish (6)

Middle English (5)

Russian (3)

Maori (3)

Catalan (2)

Old High German (2)

Italian (2)

French (2)

Danish (2)

Middle High German (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Faroese (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Plautdietsch (2)

Yiddish (2)

Chuukese (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Aromanian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Occitan (1)

Old French (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Old Polish (1)