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Where does “fitxar” come from?

fitxar (Catalan) comes from Catalan fitxa, 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.

fitxar (Catalan): to sign, snap up

Definitions

  1. to sign, snap up

Ancestry of “fitxar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfitxacard, file; piece
2Spanishfichachip, token; index card; leaflet, sheet,...
3Frenchfichecard; plug; first-person singular present...
4Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
5Old Frenchfichierto pierce
6Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
7Latinfīgō—
8Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fitxar”

  • fitxatge
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