Where does “affiche” come from?
affiche (English) comes from French affiche, from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico, from Latin -ico.
affiche (English): A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a...
Definitions
- A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a...
Ancestry of “affiche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | affiche | poster; placard; sign |
| 2 | French | afficher | to put up; to display; to show |
| 3 | Old French | afichier | to fasten; to affirm; to confirm |
| 4 | Old French | ficher | to fasten, fix, settle in |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | ficcare | — |
| 6 | Latin | ficco | I fasten, put; I stay, become |
| 7 | Latin | figico | I fasten, put, become |
| 8 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |