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Where does “fitxa” come from?

fitxa (Catalan) comes from Spanish ficha, from French fiche, from French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

fitxa (Catalan): card, file; piece

Definitions

  1. card, file; piece

Ancestry of “fitxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfichachip, token; index card; leaflet, sheet,...
2Frenchfichecard; plug; first-person singular present...
3Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
4Old Frenchfichierto pierce
5Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
6Latinfīgō—
7Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fitxa”

  • fitxer
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