Where does “fig” come from?

Fig comes from Middle English fiken, from Latin ficus, ultimately from Phoenician origins, though the earliest meaning remains uncertain.

fig (English): A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	fige	A fig tree; A fig; A kind of boil or sore
2	Anglo-Norman	figue	fig
3	Old French	figue	fig
4	Occitan	figa	fig
5	Old Occitan	figa	fig
6	Vulgar Latin	fica	fig; fig, fig-tree
7	Latin	ficus	fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
8	Phoenician	??	Ripe fig

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