Where does “Moffic” come from?
Moffic (English) comes from English fanfic, from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Moffic (English): Real person fiction focusing on the imagined...
Definitions
- Real person fiction focusing on the imagined...
Ancestry of “Moffic”, step by step
Moffic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fanfic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanfic | fan fiction; a work of fan fiction |
| 2 | English | fan fiction | Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating... |
| 3 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 4 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 5 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 6 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Moffatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Moffatt | — |