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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

Definitions

  1. farm or other rural land

Ancestry of “finca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfincareal estate; farm
2Spanishfincarto thrust, stick; to plant, cultivate; to acquire...
3Old Spanishfincar—
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgō—
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →