Where does “figlet” come from?
figlet (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.
figlet (English): A small fig
Definitions
- A small fig
Ancestry of “figlet”, step by step
figlet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fig | A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus... |
| 2 | Middle English | fige | A fig tree; A fig; A kind of boil or sore |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | figue | fig |
| 4 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 5 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 6 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 8 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 9 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
via English let
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | let | To allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow... |
| 2 | Middle English | leten | to let |
| 3 | Old English | lǣtan | to let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |