Where does “fi” come from?

fi (Cornish) comes from Middle English fy, from Old French fi, from Latin fi, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

fi (Cornish): fie

Definitions

  1. fie

Ancestry of “fi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfy
2Old Frenchfi
3Latinfipah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of...
4LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
5Proto-Italicfakjōto make
6Proto-Italic*θakjō
7Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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