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Where does “figbird” come from?

figbird (English) comes from English fig, from Middle English fige, from Anglo-Norman figue, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus — Ripe fig.

figbird (English): Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus...

Ancestry of “figbird”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfigA fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus...
2Middle EnglishfigeA fig tree; A fig; A kind of boil or sore
3Anglo-Normanfiguefig
4Old Frenchfiguefig
5Occitanfigafig
6Old Occitanfigafig
7Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
8Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
9Phoenician??Ripe fig
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