Where does “fictitious” come from?
Fictitious comes from Latin ficticius, derived from fictus, the past participle of fingo meaning to shape or form, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-.
fictitious (English): Invented; contrived
Ancestry of “fictitious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ficticius | feigned, artificially produced |
| 2 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 3 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “fictitious”