Where does “figuer” come from?
figuer (Catalan) comes from Catalan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figuer (Catalan): fig tree
Ancestry of “figuer”, step by step
figuer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan figa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | figa | fig; cunt; pussy |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 3 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 4 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
via Latin ficarius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ficarius | fig |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |