Where does “finca” come from?
finca (Catalan) comes from Spanish finca, from Spanish fincar, from Old Spanish fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.
finca (Catalan): farm or other rural land
Ancestry of “finca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | finca | real estate; farm |
| 2 | Spanish | fincar | to thrust, stick; to plant, cultivate; to acquire... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | fincar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |